Where does “toà sen” come from?

toà sen (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese toà, from French toi, from Middle French toi, from Old French tei, from Latin tē, from Latin tū, from Proto-Italic tū, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.

toà sen (Vietnamese): Buddha's throne

Definitions

  1. Buddha's throne

Ancestry of “toà sen”, step by step

toà sen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese toà

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnamesetoàShort for toà án; your Honor
2FrenchtoiYou
3Middle FrenchtoiAlternative form of toy
4Old FrenchteiAlternative form of toi
5Latintē—
6Latintūyou (singular); thou
7Proto-Italictūyou
8Proto-Indo-Europeantúh₂you, thou

via Vietnamese sên

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesênslug; chain
2Frenchchaînechain; channel; warp
3Middle Frenchchaisnechain
4Old Frenchchaenechain
5Latincatēnachain
6Proto-Indo-Europeankat-cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic tū →Every word from Latin tū →