Where does “ទែន” come from?
ទែន (Khmer) comes from Thai แทน, from English tan, from French tan, from French ta, from Old French ta, from Latin tua, from Latin tuus, from Russian туз — to be able.
ទែន (Khmer): bedroom; bed; throne
Definitions
- bedroom; bed; throne
Ancestry of “ទែន”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | แทน | instead of; in place of; rather than; to... |
| 2 | English | tan | A yellowish-brown colour; A darkening of the skin... |
| 3 | French | tan | pulped oak bark used in the tanning process |
| 4 | French | ta | your |
| 5 | Old French | ta | your |
| 6 | Latin | tua | inflection of tuus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 7 | Latin | tuus | your |
| 8 | Russian | туз | ace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy |
| 9 | Polish | tuz | ace; luminary, person of importance in their... |
| 10 | Polish | tu | here |
| 11 | Polish | być | to be |
| 12 | Polish | móc | to be able; may, might; to be allowed |
| 13 | Old Polish | móc | can, may, to be able to |
| 14 | Proto-Slavic | moťь | power |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | mógʰtis | — |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵʰ- | to be able |