Where does “đèn xanh đèn đỏ” come from?
đèn xanh đèn đỏ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đèn xanh, from Vietnamese xanh, from French saint, from Latin sānctus, from Latin Iacobus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος, from Ancient Greek Ἰακώβ, from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב — heel of the foot; heel.
đèn xanh đèn đỏ (Vietnamese): traffic light
Definitions
- traffic light
Ancestry of “đèn xanh đèn đỏ”, step by step
đèn xanh đèn đỏ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese đèn xanh
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | đèn xanh | green light |
| 2 | Vietnamese | xanh | grue; green; wok |
| 3 | French | saint | saint; saintly |
| 4 | Latin | sānctus | sacred, made inviolable, having been established as sacred |
| 5 | Latin | Iacobus | Jacob; James; Saint James |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Ἰάκωβος | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Ἰακώβ | Jacob |
| 8 | Hebrew | יַעֲקֹב | Jacob |
| 9 | Hebrew | עָקֵב | heel of the foot; heel |
via Vietnamese đèn đỏ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | đèn đỏ | red light; menstrual period |
| 2 | Vietnamese | đỏ | red; burning; flaring up; lucky; fortunate |
| 3 | French | dose | proportion; dose; first-person singular present... |
| 4 | Latin | dosis | dose |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | δόσις | giving, a gift; license, permission; portion |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | δίδωμι | I give, present, offer; I grant, allow, permit;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |