Where does “giấy can” come from?
giấy can (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cân, from French calque, from French calquer, from English ER, from Turkish er, from Ottoman Turkish ایر, from Old Anatolian Turkish ایر, from Proto-Turkic ēder.
giấy can (Vietnamese): tracing paper
Ancestry of “giấy can”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Vietnamese | cân | kilogram; a weighing instrument; a balance,... |
| 2 | French | calque | tracing; calque, loan translation; layer |
| 3 | French | calquer | to model, to imitate, to copy; to trace, to copy... |
| 4 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 5 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 6 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | — |
| 7 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | — |
| 8 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | — |