Where does “thước Anh” come from?

thước Anh (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese thước, from Middle Chinese 尺.

thước Anh (Vietnamese): yard three feet

Definitions

  1. yard three feet

Ancestry of “thước Anh”, step by step

thước Anh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese thước

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethướca tool for measuring length
2Middle Chinese尺—

via Vietnamese ảnh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseảnhimage; reflection; photograph; picture; he; him
2Proto-Vieticʔɛːŋelder brother
Every word from Middle Chinese 尺 →Every word from Vietnamese thước →