Where does “ngắn” come from?
ngắn (Vietnamese) comes from Malay dengan, from Old Malay daṅan, from Proto-Malayic *dəŋan.
ngắn (Vietnamese): short, brief
Ancestry of “ngắn”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | dengan | with; and; by |
| 2 | Old Malay | daṅan | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayic | *dəŋan | — |
Words derived from “ngắn”