Where does “dẫn điện” come from?

dẫn điện (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese điện, from Chinese 殿, from Sino-Tibetan *r-t(u/i)l.

dẫn điện (Vietnamese): electrical conductance

Definitions

  1. electrical conductance

Ancestry of “dẫn điện”, step by step

dẫn điện traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese điện

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđiệnelectricity; Short for dòng điện; Clipping of...
2Chinese殿—
3Sino-Tibetan*r-t(u/i)l—

via Vietnamese dẫn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesedẫnto lead, to guide; to quote, to cite
2Middle Chinese引—

Words derived from “dẫn điện”

Every word from Sino-Tibetan *r-t(u/i)l →Every word from Chinese 殿 →Every word from Vietnamese điện →