Where does “hẹn” come from?

hẹn (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Tai ʰɲelᴬ — civet cat; civet.

hẹn (Vietnamese): to make an appointment; to arrange or promise;...

Definitions

  1. to make an appointment; to arrange or promise;...

Ancestry of “hẹn”, step by step

hẹn traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Tai ʰɲelᴬ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Taiʰɲelᴬcivet cat; civet

via Middle Chinese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese

via Middle Chinese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese

Words derived from “hẹn

Every word from Proto-Tai ʰɲelᴬ