Where does “cất cánh” come from?

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

cất cánh (Vietnamese): to take off

Definitions

  1. to take off

Ancestry of “cất cánh”, step by step

cất cánh 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 cất

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecấtto lift, to raise
Every word from Proto-Turkic kaŋ