Where does “truyện ngắn” come from?

truyện ngắn (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese ngắn, from Malay dengan, from Old Malay daṅan, from Proto-Malayic *dəŋan.

truyện ngắn (Vietnamese): short story

Definitions

  1. short story

Ancestry of “truyện ngắn”, step by step

truyện ngắn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese ngắn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesengắnshort, brief
2Malaydenganwith; and; by
3Old Malaydaṅan—
4Proto-Malayic*dəŋan—

via Vietnamese truyện

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnamesetruyệnSynonym of chuyện; a storybook, usually a novel,...
2Middle Chinese傳—
Every word from Proto-Malayic *dəŋan →Every word from Old Malay daṅan →Every word from Malay dengan →