Where does “tên gọi” come from?

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

tên gọi (Vietnamese): name any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing

Definitions

  1. name any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing

Ancestry of “tên gọi”, step by step

tên gọi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tên

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetêngiven name; name; person
2Proto-Slavic*tъ—
3Proto-Balto-Slavictasthat
4Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

via Vietnamese gọi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegọito call or hail
Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic tas →Every word from Proto-Slavic *tъ →