Where does “giáo tỉnh” come from?

giáo tỉnh (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tính, from Proto-Athabaskan tən, from Persian تن, from English ton, from English tun, from Middle English tunne, from Old English tunne, from Proto-Germanic tunnǭ — to stretch, string; to cut.

giáo tỉnh (Vietnamese): province area under the jurisdiction of an archbishop

Definitions

  1. province area under the jurisdiction of an archbishop

Ancestry of “giáo tỉnh”, step by step

giáo tỉnh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tính

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetínhto calculate; to think of; to be of a mind;...
2Proto-Athabaskantənice, frost
3Persianتنbody; person; tonne
4EnglishtonA unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds or 2000...
5EnglishtunA large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the...
6Middle Englishtunnecask; barrel
7Old Englishtunnebarrel, cask
8Proto-Germanictunnǭ—
9Latintunnatun, box
10Proto-Celtictondāskin; surface, skin
11Proto-Indo-Europeantend-to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off
12Proto-Indo-Europeantemh₂-to stretch, string; to cut

via Vietnamese giáo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiáolance, spear; to teach, to educate; religion
2Middle Chinese交—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European temh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tend- →Every word from Proto-Celtic tondā →