Where does “cạnh khoé” come from?

cạnh khoé (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cảnh, from Proto-Vietic *t-kɛːŋʔ, from Proto-Turkic kaŋ — father.

cạnh khoé (Vietnamese): oblique; hinting; alluding; insinuating

Definitions

  1. oblique; hinting; alluding; insinuating

Ancestry of “cạnh khoé”, step by step

cạnh khoé traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese cảnh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecảnhscenery; view; landscape; scene; state;...
2Proto-Vietic*t-kɛːŋʔ—
3Proto-Turkickaŋfather

via Vietnamese khoẻ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesekhoẻstrong; healthy
2Chinese誇—
Every word from Proto-Turkic kaŋ →