Where does “tên tự” come from?

tên tự (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese từ, from Chinese 字, from Chinese 母, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *məʔ — mother.

tên tự (Vietnamese): pen name

Definitions

  1. pen name

Ancestry of “tên tự”, step by step

tên tự traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese từ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetừfrom, since; at, in; word
2Chinese字—
3Chinese母—
4Proto-Sino-Tibetan*məʔmother

via Vietnamese tên

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetêngiven name; name; person
2Proto-Slavic*tъ—
3Proto-Balto-Slavictasthat
4Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *məʔ →Every word from Chinese 母 →Every word from Chinese 字 →