Where does “ngăn cách” come from?

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

ngăn cách (Vietnamese): to separate; to partition off

Definitions

  1. to separate; to partition off

Ancestry of “ngăn cách”, step by step

ngăn cách traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese ngắn

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

via Vietnamese cách

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecáchway, manner, fashion; grammatical case; to be...
Every word from Proto-Malayic *dəŋan →Every word from Old Malay daṅan →Every word from Malay dengan →