Where does “ông bà anh chị em” come from?
ông bà anh chị em (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese ông bà, from Vietnamese bà, from Chinese 爸, from Chinese 父, from Komodo paʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat, from Proto-Austronesian Səpat — four.
ông bà anh chị em (Vietnamese): brothers and sisters; you
Definitions
- brothers and sisters; you
Ancestry of “ông bà anh chị em”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Vietnamese | ông bà | grandparents; ancestor |
| 2 | Vietnamese | bà | a grandmother; an old woman; an old lady; you, my... |
| 3 | Chinese | 爸 | — |
| 4 | Chinese | 父 | — |
| 5 | Komodo | paʔ | four |
| 6 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | əpat | four |
| 7 | Proto-Austronesian | Səpat | four |