Where does “áo tắm hai mảnh” come from?

áo tắm hai mảnh (Vietnamese) 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.

áo tắm hai mảnh (Vietnamese): bikini

Definitions

  1. bikini

Ancestry of “áo tắm hai mảnh”, step by step

áo tắm hai mảnh traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese hái

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseháito pluck a plant or piece of fruit for later...
2EnglishHia short form of Hiram
3EnglishhighElevated, extending above a base or average...
4Middle Englishheighhigh; Alternative form of hey; Alternative form...
5Old Englishhēahhigh, tall, lofty, high-class, exalted, sublime,...
6Old Englishhāmhome; village, community; village, hamlet, manor,...
7Proto-West Germanichaimhome
8Proto-Germanichaimazhome; house; village
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱóymosof the home, belonging to the family; village,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱey-to be lying down; to settle

via Vietnamese áo tắm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseáo tắmswimming suit
2Vietnamesetắmto wash a body, usually your own; to bathe, to...
3Chineseheart, mind
4Proto-Mon-Khmersəm

via Vietnamese Mạnh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseMạnh
2Vietnamese
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanmaŋbig; old; elder
4Proto-Sino-Tibetan*(s/r)-ma(ŋ/k)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱey-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱóymosEvery word from Proto-Germanic haimaz