Where does “đặt tên” come from?

đặt tên (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tên, from Proto-Slavic *tъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic tas, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

đặt tên (Vietnamese): to name; to give a name

Definitions

  1. to name; to give a name

Ancestry of “đặt tên”, step by step

đặt tên traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tên

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetêngiven name; name; person
2Proto-Slavic*tъ—
3Proto-Balto-Slavictasthat
4Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

via Vietnamese đặt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđặtto place; to put; to lay; to commission; to order
2Proto-Vieticdac ~ tac—

Words derived from “đặt tên”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →