Where does “ngăn kéo” come from?

ngăn kéo (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese kéo, from English Joe, from English joseph, from Hebrew יוֹסֵף — shall add.

ngăn kéo (Vietnamese): a drawer (furniture)

Definitions

  1. a drawer (furniture)

Ancestry of “ngăn kéo”, step by step

ngăn kéo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese kéo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesekéoto pull; scissors
2EnglishJoeA male; a guy; a fellow
3EnglishjosephA woman's riding habit worn in the 18th century...
4Hebrewיוֹסֵףshall add

via Vietnamese ngắn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesengắnshort, brief
2Malaydenganwith; and; by
3Old Malaydaṅan—
4Proto-Malayic*dəŋan—
Every word from Hebrew יוֹסֵף →Every word from English joseph →Every word from English Joe →