Where does “cảnh” come from?

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

cảnh (Vietnamese): scenery; view; landscape; scene; state;...

Definitions

  1. scenery; view; landscape; scene; state;...

Ancestry of “cảnh”, step by step

cảnh traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Vietic *t-kɛːŋʔ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vietic*t-kɛːŋʔ—
2Proto-Turkickaŋfather

via Chinese 經

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese經—

via Middle Chinese 境

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese境—

Words derived from “cảnh”

Every word from Proto-Turkic kaŋ →Every word from Proto-Vietic *t-kɛːŋʔ →