Where does “ác một cái là” come from?

ác một cái là (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese là, from English lä, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá, from German a, from German a-Moll.

Ancestry of “ác một cái là”, step by step

ác một cái là traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesefine silk; to be; to iron
2EnglishSixth tone of the diatonic scale
3Frenchthere; here, present
4Italianthere
5Spanishlafeminine singular definite article; the
6Portuguesethere; used with an adverb phrase to indicate...
7GermanaAlternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;...
8Germana-MollA-minor
9Hungarianathe; this; that
10Frenchàto; on the, to; at
11Middle Frenchato; towards; third-person singular present...
12Old Frenchato; towards; belonging to
13LatinA
14Etruscan𐌀and, also
15Ancient Greekᾱ̔
16Phoenician𐤀ox; aleph; alef
17Egyptian𓃾

via Vietnamese một

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemộtone; the eleventh lunar month; only; sole
2Proto-Vieticmoːcone
3Proto-Mon-Khmermuujone

via Vietnamese ác

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseáccruel; evil; inhumane; merciless; savage; evil
2Proto-Vieticʔaːkcrow
3Proto-Mon-Khmerkʔaakcrow; to caw
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