Where does “ngắn” come from?

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

ngắn (Vietnamese): short, brief

Definitions

  1. short, brief

Ancestry of “ngắn”, step by step

ngắn traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay dengan

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

via Proto-Philippine ŋajan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippineŋajanname
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianŋajanname
3Proto-Austronesianŋajan—

via Chinese 銀

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese銀silver
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*d-ŋurlsilver

Words derived from “ngắn”

Every word from Proto-Malayic *dəŋan →Every word from Old Malay daṅan →Every word from Malay dengan →