Where does “viêm khớp dạng thấp” come from?

viêm khớp dạng thấp (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đáng, from Proto-Vietic taŋʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer kt₂aŋ — bitter.

viêm khớp dạng thấp (Vietnamese): rheumatoid arthritis

Definitions

  1. rheumatoid arthritis

Ancestry of “viêm khớp dạng thấp”, step by step

viêm khớp dạng thấp traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đáng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđángworthy, worth; to deserve, to merit
2Proto-Vietictaŋʔbitter
3Proto-Mon-Khmerkt₂aŋbitter

via Vietnamese viêm khớp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseviêm khớparthritis
2Vietnameseviêminflammation
3Middle Chinese

via Vietnamese thấp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethấpshort in terms of height
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer kt₂aŋ
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