Where does “thìa canh” come from?

thìa canh (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cảnh, from Proto-Vietic *t-kɛːŋʔ, from Proto-Turkic kaŋ — father.

thìa canh (Vietnamese): tablespoon

Definitions

  1. tablespoon

Ancestry of “thìa canh”, step by step

thìa canh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese cảnh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecảnhscenery; view; landscape; scene; state;...
2Proto-Vietic*t-kɛːŋʔ—
3Proto-Turkickaŋfather

via Vietnamese thìa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethìaspoon
Every word from Proto-Turkic kaŋ →Every word from Proto-Vietic *t-kɛːŋʔ →Every word from Vietnamese cảnh →