Where does “ngà bá” come from?
ngà bá (Tày) comes from Vietnamese ngã, from Chinese 俄, from Manchu ᠣᡵᠣᠰ, from Classical Mongolian ᠣᠷᠤᠰ᠋, from Middle Mongolian 斡羅思, from Old East Slavic Русь, from Finnish ruotsi, from Proto-Finnic *roocci — to row; to separate; loose, sparse, rare.
ngà bá (Tày): spilled sesame
Definitions
- spilled sesame
Ancestry of “ngà bá”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | ngã | to fall; Short for thanh ngã; an intersection |
| 2 | Chinese | 俄 | — |
| 3 | Manchu | ᠣᡵᠣᠰ | Russian |
| 4 | Classical Mongolian | ᠣᠷᠤᠰ᠋ | — |
| 5 | Middle Mongolian | 斡羅思 | — |
| 6 | Old East Slavic | Русь | Rus; Ruthenia |
| 7 | Finnish | ruotsi | Swedish |
| 8 | Proto-Finnic | *roocci | Swede originally anyone from Roslagen |
| 9 | Old Swedish | roþs- | related to rowing |
| 10 | Old Norse | róðr | rowing |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | rōþrą | oar; rudder |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁reh₁- | to row; to separate; loose, sparse, rare |