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Where does “tên” come from?

tên (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Slavic *tъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic tas, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

tên (Vietnamese): given name; name; person

Definitions

  1. given name; name; person

Ancestry of “tên”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*tъ—
2Proto-Balto-Slavictasthat
3Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

Words derived from “tên”

  • tên lửa
  • tên Nôm
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