Where does “Chiến tranh thế giới thứ hai” come from?

Chiến tranh thế giới thứ hai (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese thứ hai, from Vietnamese hái, from English Hi, from English high, from Middle English heigh, from Old English hēah, from Old English hām, from Proto-West Germanic haim — to be lying down; to settle.

Chiến tranh thế giới thứ hai (Vietnamese): World War II

Definitions

  1. World War II

Ancestry of “Chiến tranh thế giới thứ hai”, step by step

Chiến tranh thế giới thứ hai traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese thứ hai

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethứ haisecond; Monday
2Vietnameseháito pluck a plant or piece of fruit for later...
3EnglishHia short form of Hiram
4EnglishhighElevated, extending above a base or average...
5Middle Englishheighhigh; Alternative form of hey; Alternative form...
6Old Englishhēahhigh, tall, lofty, high-class, exalted, sublime,...
7Old Englishhāmhome; village, community; village, hamlet, manor,...
8Proto-West Germanichaimhome
9Proto-Germanichaimazhome; house; village
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱóymosof the home, belonging to the family; village,...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱey-to be lying down; to settle

via Vietnamese chiến tranh thế giới

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechiến tranh thế giớia world war
2Vietnamesethế giớithe world; the globe; a store or shop that...
3Middle Chinese世界
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱey-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱóymosEvery word from Proto-Germanic haimaz
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