Where does “đàn luýt” come from?
đàn luýt (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese luýt, from French luth, from Middle French lut, from Old French leüt, from Occitan laüt, from Old Occitan laüt, from Arabic عود, from Arabic عَادَ — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.
đàn luýt (Vietnamese): lute
Definitions
- lute
Ancestry of “đàn luýt”, step by step
đàn luýt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese luýt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | luýt | lute |
| 2 | French | luth | lute, a stringed instrument |
| 3 | Middle French | lut | — |
| 4 | Old French | leüt | — |
| 5 | Occitan | laüt | lute |
| 6 | Old Occitan | laüt | lute |
| 7 | Arabic | عود | wood, timber; stick, rod, pole; branch, twig |
| 8 | Arabic | عَادَ | to return, go back |
| 9 | Arabic | و | and, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or... |
| 10 | Persian | یا | API •; or; either |
| 11 | Arabic | يَا | {{m|en|O|id=vocative}} |