WOLD -

thế giới

a word from vocabulary Vietnamese by Mark Alves

Borrowed status	1. clearly borrowed
Comments	The meanings of the parts of this word are only recognizable to Vietnamese speakers with advanced knowledge of Sino-Vietnamese.
Source words	shì jiè (世界) 'the world' Chinese
Effect	Coexistence
Salience	Present in pre-contact environment
Contact situation	Via writing [24]