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Where does “béc-giê” come from?

béc-giê (Vietnamese) comes from French berger, from Old French bergier, from Latin vervecārius, from Latin vervēx, from Proto-Indo-European wr̥h₁ḗn — lamb in general, or more probably only the male,...

béc-giê (Vietnamese): German Shepherd

Definitions

  1. German Shepherd

Ancestry of “béc-giê”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbergershepherd
2Old Frenchbergiershepherd
3Latinvervecārius—
4Latinvervēx—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwr̥h₁ḗnlamb in general, or more probably only the male,...
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