Where does “đàn bà con gái” come from?
đàn bà con gái (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đàn bà, from Vietnamese bà, from Chinese 爸, from Chinese 父, from Komodo paʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat, from Proto-Austronesian Səpat — four.
đàn bà con gái (Vietnamese): females; women generally speaking
Definitions
- females; women generally speaking
Ancestry of “đàn bà con gái”, step by step
đàn bà con gái traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese đàn bà
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | đàn bà | woman |
| 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 con gái
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | con gái | girl (young female) |