Where does “tình” come from?
tình (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Athabaskan tən, from Persian تن, from English ton, from French ton, from Old French ton, from Latin tuus, from Russian туз, from Polish tuz.
tình (Vietnamese): to calculate; to think of; to be of a mind;...
Definitions
- to calculate; to think of; to be of a mind;...
Ancestry of “tình”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Athabaskan | tən | ice, frost |
| 2 | Persian | تن | body; person; tonne |
| 3 | English | ton | A unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds or 2000... |
| 4 | French | ton | Your, thy; Tone; Tone, shade |
| 5 | Old French | ton | your |
| 6 | Latin | tuus | your |
| 7 | Russian | туз | ace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy |
| 8 | Polish | tuz | ace; luminary, person of importance in their... |
| 9 | Polish | tu | here |
| 10 | Polish | być | to be |
| 11 | Polish | móc | to be able; may, might; to be allowed |
| 12 | Old Polish | móc | — |
| 13 | Proto-Slavic | moťь | power |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | mógʰtis | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵʰ- | — |
Words derived from “tình”