Where does “máy tính tiền” come from?

máy tính tiền (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tính tiền, from Vietnamese tính, from Proto-Athabaskan tən, from Persian تن, from English ton, from French ton, from Old French ton, from Latin tuus — power.

máy tính tiền (Vietnamese): cash register

Definitions

  1. cash register

Ancestry of “máy tính tiền”, step by step

máy tính tiền traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tính tiền

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetính tiềnto pay
2Vietnamesetínhto calculate; to think of; to be of a mind;...
3Proto-Athabaskantənice, frost
4Persianتنbody; person; tonne
5EnglishtonA unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds or 2000...
6FrenchtonYour, thy; Tone; Tone, shade
7Old Frenchtonyour
8Latintuusyour
9Russianтузace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy
10Polishtuzace; luminary, person of importance in their...
11Polishtuhere
12Polishbyćto be
13Polishmócto be able; may, might; to be allowed
14Old Polishmóccan, may, to be able to
15Proto-Slavicmoťьpower

via Vietnamese máy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemáymachine; engine; internal combustion engine
2Proto-Vieticmiː
3Proto-Mon-Khmermiiʔ
Every word from Proto-Slavic moťь
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