Where does “súng ngắn” come from?
súng ngắn (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese ngắn, from Malay dengan, from Old Malay daṅan, from Proto-Malayic *dəŋan.
súng ngắn (Vietnamese): a pistol
Ancestry of “súng ngắn”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | ngắn | short, brief |
| 2 | Malay | dengan | with; and; by |
| 3 | Old Malay | daṅan | — |
| 4 | Proto-Malayic | *dəŋan | — |