Where does “Pâi-īetông hèu” come from?
Pâi-īetông hèu (Khiamniungan Naga) comes from Vietnamese tông, from French ton, from Old French ton, from Latin tuus, from Russian туз, from Polish tuz, from Polish tu, from Polish być — to be able.
Pâi-īetông hèu (Khiamniungan Naga): a stream under Khüjai of Patsho village
Definitions
- a stream under Khüjai of Patsho village
Ancestry of “Pâi-īetông hèu”, step by step
Pâi-īetông hèu traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese tông
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | tông | tone, shade; tone; tribe |
| 2 | French | ton | Your, thy; Tone; Tone, shade |
| 3 | Old French | ton | your |
| 4 | Latin | tuus | your |
| 5 | Russian | туз | ace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy |
| 6 | Polish | tuz | ace; luminary, person of importance in their... |
| 7 | Polish | tu | here |
| 8 | Polish | być | to be |
| 9 | Polish | móc | to be able; may, might; to be allowed |
| 10 | Old Polish | móc | can, may, to be able to |
| 11 | Proto-Slavic | moťь | power |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | mógʰtis | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵʰ- | to be able |
via Khiamniungan Naga hèu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khiamniungan Naga | hèu | knock strike a surface noisily by a hand to attract attention, especially when waiting to be let in through a door |