Where does “tinh ranh” come from?

tinh ranh (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 ranh (Vietnamese): clever and cunning; mischievous

Definitions

  1. clever and cunning; mischievous

Ancestry of “tinh ranh”, step by step

tinh ranh 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 rành

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameserànhto know clearly; to be acquainted (with)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mógʰtisEvery word from Proto-Slavic moťьEvery word from Old Polish móc