Where does “xưng tội” come from?
xưng tội (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tối, from Vietnamese tí, from Middle Chinese 子, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsəʔ — child, son, offspring; grandson; relatives; nephew/niece.
xưng tội (Vietnamese): to confess (one's sins)
Definitions
- to confess (one's sins)
Ancestry of “xưng tội”, step by step
xưng tội traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese tối
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | tối | dark; the duration from the late evening to the... |
| 2 | Vietnamese | tí | breast; a little bit; tiny; small |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 子 | — |
| 4 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | *tsəʔ | child, son, offspring; grandson; relatives; nephew/niece |
via Vietnamese xưng
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | xưng | to use a certain form of address |