Where does “bjoóc ngần” come from?

bjoóc ngần (Tày) comes from Vietnamese ngắn, from Malay dengan, from Old Malay daṅan, from Proto-Malayic *dəŋan.

bjoóc ngần (Tày): hibiscus (flower)

Definitions

  1. hibiscus (flower)

Ancestry of “bjoóc ngần”, step by step

bjoóc ngần traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese ngắn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesengắnshort, brief
2Malaydenganwith; and; by
3Old Malaydaṅan—
4Proto-Malayic*dəŋan—

via Tày bjoóc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tàybjoócflower
2Proto-Taiɓloːkᴰflower
Every word from Proto-Malayic *dəŋan →Every word from Old Malay daṅan →Every word from Malay dengan →