Where does “cân chìm” come from?

cân chìm (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.

cân chìm (Vietnamese): a platform scale; weighbridge; floor scale (often to weigh vehicles)

Definitions

  1. a platform scale; weighbridge; floor scale (often to weigh vehicles)

Ancestry of “cân chìm”, step by step

cân chìm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese cân

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecânkilogram; a weighing instrument; a balance,...
2Frenchcalquetracing; calque, loan translation; layer
3Frenchcalquerto model, to imitate, to copy; to trace, to copy...
4EnglishERThe statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of...
5Turkisherearly; brave; man, male
6Ottoman Turkishایرsaddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal
7Old Anatolian Turkishایرearly, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event
8Proto-Turkicēdersaddle

via Vietnamese chìm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechìmto sink
2Proto-Vietic-ciːmbird
3Proto-Mon-Khmercimbird
Every word from Proto-Turkic ēderEvery word from Old Anatolian Turkish ایرEvery word from Ottoman Turkish ایر