Where does “アオザイ” come from?
アオザイ (Japanese) comes from Vietnamese áo dài, from Vietnamese dài, from English die, from Latin die, from Latin dies, from Latin diem, from Proto-Italic djēm, from Proto-Italic *djous — to be bright; sky, heaven.
アオザイ (Japanese): ao dai
Ancestry of “アオザイ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Vietnamese | áo dài | ao dai |
| 2 | Vietnamese | dài | long, lengthy |
| 3 | English | die | To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death;... |
| 4 | Latin | die | ablative singular of diēs; day; before the day |
| 5 | Latin | dies | A day, "particularly:" |
| 6 | Latin | diem | accusative singular of diēs |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | djēm | accusative singular of *djous |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |