Where does “kèn” come from?

kèn (Vietnamese) comes from French nickel, from German Nickel — nickel; A coin of ten pfennigs.

kèn (Vietnamese): a traditional double reed shawm of Vietnam

Definitions

  1. a traditional double reed shawm of Vietnam

Ancestry of “kèn”, step by step

kèn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French nickel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchnickelnickel; atom of nickel; spotless
2GermanNickelnickel; A coin of ten pfennigs

via Chinese 揀

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese揀—

Words derived from “kèn”

Every word from German Nickel →Every word from French nickel →