Where does “điều khiển từ xa” come from?

điều khiển từ xa (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese từ, from Chinese 字, from Chinese 母, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *məʔ — mother.

điều khiển từ xa (Vietnamese): remote control

Definitions

  1. remote control

Ancestry of “điều khiển từ xa”, step by step

điều khiển từ xa traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese từ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetừfrom, since; at, in; word
2Chinese
3Chinese
4Proto-Sino-Tibetan*məʔmother

via Vietnamese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseBasic rural administrative unit in Vietnam, part...
2Japanese

via Vietnamese điều khiển

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđiều khiểnto control; to conduct; to manipulate; to operate
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