Where does “pȟehíŋ” come from?
pȟehíŋ (Lakota) comes from Vietnamese phê, from French effet, from Old French effect, from Latin effectus, from Latin efficiō, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis — whale, sea monster; abyss.
pȟehíŋ (Lakota): hair (on top of one's head)
Definitions
- hair (on top of one's head)
Ancestry of “pȟehíŋ”, step by step
pȟehíŋ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese phê
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | phê | very satisfied (especially by drugs); elated; ecstatic; high |
| 2 | French | effet | effect; spin, bend, curl |
| 3 | Old French | effect | effect; judgment; decree |
| 4 | Latin | effectus | made out, worked out, completed, finished,... |
| 5 | Latin | efficiō | to make out or work out; effect, execute, complete, accomplish, make, form, compose |
| 6 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 7 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 8 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 9 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 16 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |
via Lakota híŋ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakota | híŋ | oops, whoops |