Etymology
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Particularly: “Compare đồn for a case of simple stop in Vietnamese corresponding to late Old Chinese Cr- (where C is an unspecified consonant). If this was borrowed from a later stage of Old Chinese though, the tone would be irregular.” |
Probably a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 中 (SV: trúng).