Where does “thanh ngang” come from?

thanh ngang (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese thành, from Chinese 青, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sreŋ — to live.

thanh ngang (Vietnamese): the “level” tone, one of the six tones in the...

Definitions

  1. the “level” tone, one of the six tones in the...

Ancestry of “thanh ngang”, step by step

thanh ngang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese thành

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethànhinto; to achieve one's goal, to become, to turn...
2Chinese青—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*sreŋto live

via Vietnamese ngang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenganghorizontal; to the side; unreasonably stubborn
2Proto-Vieticp-ŋaːŋ—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sreŋ →Every word from Chinese 青 →Every word from Vietnamese thành →