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 — saddle.

giấy can (Vietnamese): tracing paper

Definitions

  1. tracing paper

Ancestry of “giấy can”, step by step

giấy can traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese cân

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecânkilogram; a weighing instrument; a balance,...
2Frenchcalquetracing; calque, loan translation; layer
3Frenchcalquerto model, to imitate, to copy; to trace, to copy...
4EnglishERThe statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of...
5Turkisherearly; brave; man, male
6Ottoman Turkishایرsaddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal
7Old Anatolian Turkishایرearly, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event
8Proto-Turkicēdersaddle

via Vietnamese giấy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiấypaper
2Proto-Vietick-cajʔpaper
3Old Chinese
Every word from Proto-Turkic ēderEvery word from Old Anatolian Turkish ایرEvery word from Ottoman Turkish ایر
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