Where does “gần” come from?

gần (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Vietic t-kaːn, from Old Chinese 肝.

gần (Vietnamese): near; nearby; close; nearly; almost

Definitions

  1. near; nearby; close; nearly; almost

Ancestry of “gần”, step by step

gần traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Vietic t-kaːn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vietict-kaːn—
2Old Chinese肝—

via Chinese 筋

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese筋—

via Proto-Vietic t-kəɲ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vietict-kəɲ—

Words derived from “gần”

Every word from Old Chinese 肝 →Every word from Proto-Vietic t-kaːn →