Where does “ấn” come from?

ấn (Tày) comes from Chinese 印.

ấn (Tày): to estimate; to measure

Definitions

  1. to estimate; to measure

Ancestry of “ấn”, step by step

ấn traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese 印

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese印—

via Chinese 安

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese安—

via Proto-Tai ʔaːnᴮ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Taiʔaːnᴮto recite
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