Where does “tôn” come from?

tôn (Vietnamese) comes from French tôle, from French table, from Old French table, from Latin tabula, from Proto-Italic *taðlā — board.

tôn (Vietnamese): lineage, ancestry; ancestor, clan; sheet metal

Definitions

  1. lineage, ancestry; ancestor, clan; sheet metal

Ancestry of “tôn”, step by step

tôn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French tôle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtôlesheet metal; Alternative form of taule
2Frenchtabletable; flat surface atop various objects; flat...
3Old Frenchtabletable
4Latintabulatablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for...
5Proto-Italic*taðlāboard

via Chinese 孫

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese孫—
2Proto-Sino-Tibetansju(w)-ngrandchild

Words derived from “tôn”

Every word from Proto-Italic *taðlā →Every word from Latin tabula →Every word from Old French table →