Where does “tên lửa” come from?
tên lửa (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tên, from Proto-Slavic *tъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic tas, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.
tên lửa (Vietnamese): a rocket; a missile
Ancestry of “tên lửa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | tên | given name; name; person |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | *tъ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | tas | that |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |