Where does “đứt gãy” come from?

đứt gãy (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese gậy, from English Gay, from English Queen, from Middle English quene, from Old English cwene, from Old English cwēn, from Proto-West Germanic kwāni, from Proto-Germanic kwēniz — woman.

đứt gãy (Vietnamese): fault

Definitions

  1. fault

Ancestry of “đứt gãy”, step by step

đứt gãy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese gậy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegậystick, cane, staff
2EnglishGayoriginally a nickname for a cheerful or lively person
3EnglishQueenA title used before the personal name of a queen
4Middle EnglishqueneA queen; Any powerful woman noble; A female...
5Old Englishcwenea woman; inflection of cwēn: ##...
6Old Englishcwēnqueen; woman, wife, queen
7Proto-West Germanickwāniwoman, wife
8Proto-Germanickwēnizwife
9Proto-Indo-Europeangʷḗnwoman
10Proto-Indo-Europeangʷen-woman

via Vietnamese đứt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđứtto break off, to be cut off; be cut off
2Proto-Mon-Khmert₁acto break, be severed; to sell
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷen- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷḗn →Every word from Proto-Germanic kwēniz →