Where does “cạn” come from?

cạn (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Vietic gaːnʔ, from Middle Chinese 旱.

cạn (Vietnamese): be out of water; dry; arid; be without; having no...

Definitions

  1. be out of water; dry; arid; be without; having no...

Ancestry of “cạn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vieticgaːnʔ—
2Middle Chinese旱—
Every word from Middle Chinese 旱 →Every word from Proto-Vietic gaːnʔ →