Where does “vắng tanh” come from?

vắng tanh (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese vàng, from French vin, from Middle French vin, from Old French vin, from Latin vīnum, from Proto-Italic wīnom, from Proto-Indo-European wóyh₁nom, from Proto-Indo-European weh₁y- — to twist, wind, weave, plait; to wrap, enclose,...

vắng tanh (Vietnamese): completely and utterly deserted

Definitions

  1. completely and utterly deserted

Ancestry of “vắng tanh”, step by step

vắng tanh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese vàng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevàngyellow; gold
2Frenchvinwine
3Middle Frenchvinwine
4Old Frenchvinwine
5Latinvīnumwine
6Proto-Italicwīnomwine
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwóyh₁nomwine; vine, wine
8Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₁y-to twist, wind, weave, plait; to wrap, enclose,...

via Vietnamese tạnh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetạnhto stop; to cease
2Frenchtringlerod; tenia; first-person singular present...
3Middle Frenchtingle—
4Middle Dutchtengel—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weh₁y- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wóyh₁nom →Every word from Proto-Italic wīnom →