Where does “yêu thích” come from?

yêu thích (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese thích, from Chinese 釋迦, from Sanskrit शाक्य — Sakya.

yêu thích (Vietnamese): to love, to like; favourite

Definitions

  1. to love, to like; favourite

Ancestry of “yêu thích”, step by step

yêu thích traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese thích

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethíchto like; maple
2Chinese釋迦Short for 釋迦果／释迦果
3Sanskritशाक्यSakya

via Vietnamese yêu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseyêuto love romantically; to love non-romantically
Every word from Sanskrit शाक्य →Every word from Chinese 釋迦 →Every word from Vietnamese thích →