Where does “tàu sân bay” come from?

tàu sân bay (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese sân bay, from Vietnamese bày, from Proto-Vietic pər, from Persian پر, from Middle Persian purr, from Proto-Iranian pr̥Hnáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pr̥Hnás, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós — to fill.

tàu sân bay (Vietnamese): aircraft carrier

Definitions

  1. aircraft carrier

Ancestry of “tàu sân bay”, step by step

tàu sân bay traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese sân bay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesân bayairport
2Vietnamesebàyto arrange; to dispose; to display
3Proto-Vieticpərto fly
4Persianپرfull; feather; wing
5Middle Persianpurr—
6Proto-Iranianpr̥Hnáhfull, filled
7Proto-Indo-Iranianpr̥Hnásfull, filled
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

via Vietnamese Tàu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseTàuChinese; Chink
2VietnameseBa TàuOf or pertaining to ethnic Chinese people in...
3Vietnamesebafather; three; secondborn
4Proto-Vieticpaːthree
5Proto-Mon-Khmerpiʔ—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian pr̥Hnás →