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

tên traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Slavic *tъ

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

via Middle Chinese 箭

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese箭arrow

Words derived from “tên”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic tas →Every word from Proto-Slavic *tъ →