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
ông bà anh chị em traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese ông bà
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
via Vietnamese anh chị em
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | anh chị em | siblings; brothers and sisters; boys and girls |
| 2 | Vietnamese | em | younger sibling; I/me, someone who's presumably a... |
| 3 | Proto-Vietic | ʔɛːm | — |
| 4 | Proto-Mon-Khmer | (sʔ)iəm | — |