Where does “tên hiệu” come from?

tên hiệu (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Hiệu, from Chinese 號, from Proto-Vietic kaw, from Dutch kauwen, from Middle Dutch couwen, from Old Dutch kiuwan, from Proto-West Germanic keuwan, from Proto-Germanic kewwaną — to chew.

tên hiệu (Vietnamese): art name pseudonym adopted by an artist

Definitions

  1. art name pseudonym adopted by an artist

Ancestry of “tên hiệu”, step by step

tên hiệu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Hiệu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseHiệu—
2Chinese號—
3Proto-Vietickaw—
4Dutchkauwento chew
5Middle Dutchcouwento chew
6Old Dutchkiuwanto chew
7Proto-West Germanickeuwanto chew
8Proto-Germanickewwanąto chew
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵyewh₁-to chew

via Vietnamese tên

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetêngiven name; name; person
2Proto-Slavic*tъ—
3Proto-Balto-Slavictasthat
4Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵyewh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kewwaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic keuwan →