Where does “đèn bão” come from?
đèn bão (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese báo, from Chinese 豹, from Chinese 駁, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *prawk — to be speckled, variegated, spotted.
đèn bão (Vietnamese): a hurricane lamp; a storm lantern; a kerosene lantern often used during storms and other heavy weather due to its resilient metal bulb
Definitions
- a hurricane lamp; a storm lantern; a kerosene lantern often used during storms and other heavy weather due to its resilient metal bulb
Ancestry of “đèn bão”, step by step
đèn bão traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese báo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | báo | a leopard; a spotted panther; a jaguar or a snow... |
| 2 | Chinese | 豹 | — |
| 3 | Chinese | 駁 | — |
| 4 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | *prawk | to be speckled, variegated, spotted |
via Vietnamese đèn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | đèn | a light; a lamp, an oil lamp, a light bulb, an... |