Where does “cạn chén” come from?
cạn chén (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.
cạn chén (Vietnamese): to down a cup of an alcoholic drink
Definitions
- to down a cup of an alcoholic drink
Ancestry of “cạn chén”, step by step
cạn chén 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 |