Where does “Đức Bà” come from?

Đức Bà (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Đức, from Chinese 德, from Mandarin 德意志, from German Deutsch, from Old High German diutsch, from Old High German diutisc, from Proto-West Germanic þiudisk, from Proto-Germanic þiudiskaz — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

Đức Bà (Vietnamese): Our Lady; Notre Dame

Definitions

  1. Our Lady; Notre Dame

Ancestry of “Đức Bà”, step by step

Đức Bà traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Đức

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseĐứcGerman
2Chinese德—
3Mandarin德意志—
4GermanDeutschGerman
5Old High Germandiutsch—
6Old High GermandiutiscAlternative form of diutisk; popular, vernacular;...
7Proto-West Germanicþiudiskof the people, popular, vernacular
8Proto-Germanicþiudiskazof the people, popular; of the tribe
9Proto-Germanicþeudōpeople, tribe
10Proto-Indo-Europeantewtéh₂people, tribe
11Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

via Vietnamese bà

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebàa grandmother; an old woman; an old lady; you, my...
2Chinese爸—
3Chinese父—
4Komodopaʔfour
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəpatfour
6Proto-AustronesianSəpatfour
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewtéh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic þeudō →