Where does “tia cực tím” come from?

tia cực tím (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tía, from Chinese 爹, from Proto-Turkic Ata — father.

tia cực tím (Vietnamese): ultraviolet rays; UV rays

Definitions

  1. ultraviolet rays; UV rays

Ancestry of “tia cực tím”, step by step

tia cực tím traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tía

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetíafather; dad; purple
2Chinese爹—
3Proto-TurkicAtafather

via Vietnamese cực tím

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecực tímultraviolet
2Vietnamesetìmto search, to seek, to look for; to find
3Chinese尋—
Every word from Proto-Turkic Ata →Every word from Chinese 爹 →Every word from Vietnamese tía →