Where does “Đức Mẹ” come from?
Đức Mẹ (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 Mẹ (Vietnamese): Mother Mary, the Virgin Mary
Definitions
- Mother Mary, the Virgin Mary
Ancestry of “Đức Mẹ”, step by step
Đức Mẹ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese Đức
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | Đức | German |
| 2 | Chinese | 德 | — |
| 3 | Mandarin | 德意志 | — |
| 4 | German | Deutsch | German |
| 5 | Old High German | diutsch | — |
| 6 | Old High German | diutisc | Alternative form of diutisk; popular, vernacular;... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | þiudisk | of the people, popular, vernacular |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | þiudiskaz | of the people, popular; of the tribe |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | þeudō | people, tribe |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tewtéh₂ | people, tribe |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |