Where does “ảnh” come from?

ảnh (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Vietic ʔɛːŋ — elder brother.

ảnh (Vietnamese): image; reflection; photograph; picture; he; him

Definitions

  1. image; reflection; photograph; picture; he; him

Ancestry of “ảnh”, step by step

ảnh traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Vietic ʔɛːŋ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vieticʔɛːŋelder brother

via Chinese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese

via Middle Chinese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese

Words derived from “ảnh

Every word from Proto-Vietic ʔɛːŋ