Where does “nền tảng” come from?

nền tảng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tăng, from English tangent, from Latin tangentem, from Latin tangens, from Latin tangō, from Proto-Italic *tangō, from Proto-Indo-European denḱ- — to bite.

nền tảng (Vietnamese): foundation; basis

Definitions

  1. foundation; basis

Ancestry of “nền tảng”, step by step

nền tảng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tăng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetăngto increase; monk
2EnglishtangentA straight line touching a curve at a single...
3Latintangentemaccusative masculine singular of tangēns;...
4Latintangenstouching, grasping; reaching, arriving at;...
5Latintangōto touch, grasp
6Proto-Italic*tangō
7Proto-Indo-Europeandenḱ-to bite

via Proto-Kartvelian nen-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Kartveliannen-tongue, word
2Old Frisianēnone
3Proto-Germanicainazone; some
4Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single
Every word from Proto-Indo-European denḱ-Every word from Proto-Italic *tangōEvery word from Latin tangō