Etymology Explorer › VietnameseWhere does “Bờ Biển Ngà” come from? Bờ Biển Ngà (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese bỏ, from English board, from English boardrider, from English rider, from Middle English ridere, from Middle English ryder, from Old English rīdere, from Old English rīdan — to fit, to fix, to put together.
Ancestry of “Bờ Biển Ngà”, step by step Bờ Biển Ngà traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese bỏ Step Language Word Meaning 1 Vietnamese bỏ to put, to place; to leave, to abandon; to quit 2 English board A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any... 3 English boardrider surfer 4 English rider One who rides, often on a horse or a motorcycle;... 5 Middle English ridere Alternative form of ryder 6 Middle English ryder A rider or equestrian; one who rides a horse; A... 7 Old English rīdere rider, knight 8 Old English rīdan to ride 9 Proto-West Germanic rīdan to ride 10 Proto-Germanic rīdaną to ride 11 Proto-Indo-European rēydʰ- — 12 Proto-Indo-European h₂er- to fit, to fix, to put together
via Vietnamese ngã Step Language Word Meaning 1 Vietnamese ngã to fall; Short for thanh ngã; an intersection 2 Chinese 俄 — 3 Manchu ᠣᡵᠣᠰ Russian 4 Classical Mongolian ᠣᠷᠤᠰ᠋ — 5 Middle Mongolian 斡羅思 — 6 Old East Slavic Русь Rus; Ruthenia 7 Finnish ruotsi Swedish 8 Proto-Finnic *roocci Swede originally anyone from Roslagen 9 Old Swedish roþs- related to rowing 10 Old Norse róðr rowing 11 Proto-Germanic rōþrą oar; rudder 12 Proto-Indo-European h₁reh₁- to row; to separate; loose, sparse, rare