Where does “cân” come from?
cân (Vietnamese) comes 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.
cân (Vietnamese): kilogram; a weighing instrument; a balance,...
Definitions
- kilogram; a weighing instrument; a balance,...
Ancestry of “cân”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | calque | tracing; calque, loan translation; layer |
| 2 | French | calquer | to model, to imitate, to copy; to trace, to copy... |
| 3 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 4 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 5 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | — |
| 6 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | — |
| 7 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | — |