Where does “Can Chi” come from?
Can Chi (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cân, from French calque, from French calquer, from English ER, from Turkish er, from Ottoman Turkish ایر, from Old Anatolian Turkish ایر, from Proto-Turkic ēder — saddle.
Can Chi (Vietnamese): sexagenary cycle
Definitions
- sexagenary cycle
Ancestry of “Can Chi”, step by step
Can Chi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese cân
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | cân | kilogram; a weighing instrument; a balance,... |
| 2 | French | calque | tracing; calque, loan translation; layer |
| 3 | French | calquer | to model, to imitate, to copy; to trace, to copy... |
| 4 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 5 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 6 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 7 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 8 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |