Where does “tinh gọn” come from?
tinh gọn (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.
tinh gọn (Vietnamese): to streamline, to simplify or reorganize to increase efficiency
Definitions
- to streamline, to simplify or reorganize to increase efficiency
Ancestry of “tinh gọn”, step by step
tinh gọn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese tính
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | tính | to calculate; to think of; to be of a mind;... |
| 2 | Proto-Athabaskan | tən | ice, frost |
| 3 | Persian | تن | body; person; tonne |
| 4 | English | ton | A unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds or 2000... |
| 5 | French | ton | Your, thy; Tone; Tone, shade |
| 6 | Old French | ton | your |
| 7 | Latin | tuus | your |
| 8 | Russian | туз | ace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy |
| 9 | Polish | tuz | ace; luminary, person of importance in their... |
| 10 | Polish | tu | here |
| 11 | Polish | być | to be |
| 12 | Polish | móc | to be able; may, might; to be allowed |
| 13 | Old Polish | móc | can, may, to be able to |
| 14 | Proto-Slavic | moťь | power |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | mógʰtis | — |
via Vietnamese gọn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | gọn | neat, tidy; to be neatly arranged; to dress... |