Where does “tên huý” come from?

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

tên huý (Vietnamese): the name of a person, usually a noble, that is not meant to be said by the general public

Definitions

  1. the name of a person, usually a noble, that is not meant to be said by the general public

Ancestry of “tên huý”, step by step

tên huý 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 huý

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehuýtaboo
Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic tas →Every word from Proto-Slavic *tъ →