Where does “tên tuổi” come from?

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

tên tuổi (Vietnamese): name and age

Definitions

  1. name and age

Ancestry of “tên tuổi”, step by step

tên tuổi 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 tuổi

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