Where does “tính nết” come from?
tính nết (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tính, from Proto-Athabaskan tən, from Persian تن, from English ton, from English tun, from Middle English tunne, from Old English tunne, from Proto-Germanic tunnǭ — to stretch, string; to cut.
tính nết (Vietnamese): disposition; nature; character
Definitions
- disposition; nature; character
Ancestry of “tính nết”, step by step
tính nết traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese tính
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | tính | to calculate; to think of; to be of a mind;... |
| 2 | Proto-Athabaskan | tən | ice, frost |
| 3 | Persian | تن | body; person; tonne |
| 4 | English | ton | A unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds or 2000... |
| 5 | English | tun | A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the... |
| 6 | Middle English | tunne | cask; barrel |
| 7 | Old English | tunne | barrel, cask |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | tunnǭ | — |
| 9 | Latin | tunna | tun, box |
| 10 | Proto-Celtic | tondā | skin; surface, skin |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | tend- | to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | temh₂- | to stretch, string; to cut |
via Vietnamese nét
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | nét | line; stroke; curve |
| 2 | English | Net | the Internet |
| 3 | Middle English | net | worthy, good, pure, fine, elegant |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | neit | good, desireable, clean |
| 5 | Old French | net | neat, decent |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | nittus | — |
| 7 | Latin | nitidus | shining, polished, glittering; handsome,... |
| 8 | Latin | nitere | second-person singular future active indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | niteo | I am radiant, shine, look bright, glitter,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ney- | to shine; to be aroused, shine; to be excited |
| 11 | Cebuano | -hi | — |