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 English tun, from Middle English tunne, from Old English tunne — to stretch, string; to cut.
máy tính tiền (Vietnamese): cash register
Definitions
- 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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | tính tiền | to pay |
| 2 | Vietnamese | tính | to calculate; to think of; to be of a mind;... |
| 3 | Proto-Athabaskan | tən | ice, frost |
| 4 | Persian | تن | body; person; tonne |
| 5 | English | ton | A unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds or 2000... |
| 6 | English | tun | A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the... |
| 7 | Middle English | tunne | cask; barrel |
| 8 | Old English | tunne | barrel, cask |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | tunnǭ | — |
| 10 | Latin | tunna | tun, box |
| 11 | Proto-Celtic | tondā | skin; surface, skin |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | tend- | to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | temh₂- | to stretch, string; to cut |