Where does “thức tỉnh” come from?

thức tỉnh (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tính, from Proto-Athabaskan tən, from Persian تن, from English ton, from French ton, from Old French ton, from Latin tuus, from Russian туз.

thức tỉnh (Vietnamese): to awaken; to arouse; to make aware

Definitions

  1. to awaken; to arouse; to make aware

Ancestry of “thức tỉnh”, step by step

thức tỉnh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tính

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetínhto calculate; to think of; to be of a mind;...
2Proto-Athabaskantənice, frost
3Persianتنbody; person; tonne
4EnglishtonA unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds or 2000...
5FrenchtonYour, thy; Tone; Tone, shade
6Old Frenchtonyour
7Latintuusyour
8Russianтузace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy
9Polishtuzace; luminary, person of importance in their...
10Polishtuhere
11Polishbyćto be
12Polishmócto be able; may, might; to be allowed
13Old Polishmóccan, may, to be able to
14Proto-Slavicmoťьpower
15Proto-Indo-Europeanmógʰtis

via Vietnamese thức

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethứcfood, especially a delicacy or treat; grammatical...
2Chinese
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mógʰtisEvery word from Proto-Slavic moťьEvery word from Old Polish móc