Where does “chāisānghái” come from?
chāisānghái (Khiamniungan Naga) comes from Vietnamese hái, from English Hi, from English high, from Middle English heigh, from Old English hēah, from Old English hām, from Proto-West Germanic haim, from Proto-Germanic haimaz — to be lying down; to settle.
chāisānghái (Khiamniungan Naga): peddlerA peddler is a person who travels from place to place or goes door-to-door selling small goods, often referred to as a hawker or street vendor
Definitions
- peddlerA peddler is a person who travels from place to place or goes door-to-door selling small goods, often referred to as a hawker or street vendor
Ancestry of “chāisānghái”, step by step
chāisānghái traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese hái
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | hái | to pluck a plant or piece of fruit for later... |
| 2 | English | Hi | a short form of Hiram |
| 3 | English | high | Elevated, extending above a base or average... |
| 4 | Middle English | heigh | high; Alternative form of hey; Alternative form... |
| 5 | Old English | hēah | high, tall, lofty, high-class, exalted, sublime,... |
| 6 | Old English | hām | home; village, community; village, hamlet, manor,... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | haim | home |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | haimaz | home; house; village |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóymos | of the home, belonging to the family; village,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱey- | to be lying down; to settle |
via Khiamniungan Naga chāisāng
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khiamniungan Naga | chāisāng | To sell things |