Where does “cáy lài vai” come from?
cáy lài vai (Tày) comes from Vietnamese lại, from Chinese 賴, from English line, from Middle English line, from Old English līne, from Proto-West Germanic *līnā, from Proto-Germanic līnǭ, from Proto-Germanic līną — flax.
Ancestry of “cáy lài vai”, step by step
cáy lài vai traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese lại
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | lại | again; on the other hand, meanwhile; to come |
| 2 | Chinese | 賴 | — |
| 3 | English | line | A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight |
| 4 | Middle English | line | rope, cord; line, rule, ruler, measure; rule,... |
| 5 | Old English | līne | line, rope, cord; line, cable, rope, hawser,... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *līnā | line, chord, rope, string |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | līnǭ | that which is made of flax; line, chord, rope,... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | līną | flax |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | līno- | flax |
via Tày cáy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tày | cáy | chicken |