Where does “ngút ngàn” come from?

ngút ngàn (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese ngắn, from Malay dengan, from Old Malay daṅan, from Proto-Malayic *dəŋan.

ngút ngàn (Vietnamese): vast; immense; limitless

Definitions

  1. vast; immense; limitless

Ancestry of “ngút ngàn”, step by step

ngút ngàn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese ngắn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesengắnshort, brief
2Malaydenganwith; and; by
3Old Malaydaṅan—
4Proto-Malayic*dəŋan—

via Albanian ngut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AlbanianngutI urge, force, hurry up; pressure, haste
2Proto-Albanianen-kutja—
Every word from Proto-Malayic *dəŋan →Every word from Old Malay daṅan →Every word from Malay dengan →