Where does “cẳng chân” come from?

cẳng chân (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cẳng, from Proto-Vietic kaŋh — leg, foot.

cẳng chân (Vietnamese): lower leg; shank

Definitions

  1. lower leg; shank

Ancestry of “cẳng chân”, step by step

cẳng chân traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese cẳng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecẳngleg; foot; paw
2Proto-Vietickaŋhleg, foot

via Vietnamese chân

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechâna foot; a leg; the lowest circumscribing area
Every word from Proto-Vietic kaŋh →Every word from Vietnamese cẳng →