Where does “đời cha ăn mặn, đời con khát nước” come from?
đời cha ăn mặn, đời con khát nước (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese còn, from French alcool, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل, from Arabic كُحْل, from Akkadian guḫlum — kohl, antimony paste.
đời cha ăn mặn, đời con khát nước (Vietnamese): When the father's generation eats salty food, the children's generation thirsts for water
Definitions
- When the father's generation eats salty food, the children's generation thirsts for water
Ancestry of “đời cha ăn mặn, đời con khát nước”, step by step
đời cha ăn mặn, đời con khát nước traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese còn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | còn | to remain; to be left; to still have or exist; to... |
| 2 | French | alcool | alcohol, especially domestic, medical, methylated... |
| 3 | Latin | alcohol | kohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder... |
| 4 | Andalusian Arabic | كُحُول | — |
| 5 | Arabic | كحل | antimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the... |
| 6 | Arabic | كُحْل | antimony; kohl, stibnite |
| 7 | Akkadian | guḫlum | kohl, antimony paste |
via Vietnamese ăn mặn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | ăn mặn | to eat salty/savory food, especially in a multi-course meal, usually as opposed to ăn ngọt/tráng miệng |
| 2 | Vietnamese | mặn | salted; salty; having meat or fish; not... |
| 3 | Proto-Vietic | mən | — |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | beŋ | mole on the face; birthmark; mole |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | *bẹ | Denotes "to be" for first person singular when at the end of an object; am |