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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Sino-Vietnamese word from 懃. Commonly written as 勤. What's the link between "industrious/attentive/constant" and "to need"? Perhaps a reading as "careful/caring" and interpreted as "to deeply care about"/"to need"?”