Where does “đức hồng y” come from?

đức hồng y (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Đức, from Chinese 德, from Mandarin 德意志, from German Deutsch, from Old High German diutsch, from Old High German diutisc, from Proto-West Germanic þiudisk, from Proto-Germanic þiudiskaz — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

đức hồng y (Vietnamese): cardinal official in the Catholic Church

Definitions

  1. cardinal official in the Catholic Church

Ancestry of “đức hồng y”, step by step

đức hồng y traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Đức

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseĐứcGerman
2Chinese
3Mandarin德意志
4GermanDeutschGerman
5Old High Germandiutsch
6Old High GermandiutiscAlternative form of diutisk; popular, vernacular;...
7Proto-West Germanicþiudiskof the people, popular, vernacular
8Proto-Germanicþiudiskazof the people, popular; of the tribe
9Proto-Germanicþeudōpeople, tribe
10Proto-Indo-Europeantewtéh₂people, tribe
11Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

via Vietnamese hồng y

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehồng ycardinal official of the Catholic Church
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewtéh₂Every word from Proto-Germanic þeudō