Where does “bó tay” come from?

bó tay (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.

bó tay (Vietnamese): to give up; to be helpless; to have one's hands...

Definitions

  1. to give up; to be helpless; to have one's hands...

Ancestry of “bó tay”, step by step

bó tay traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese bỏ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebỏto put, to place; to leave, to abandon; to quit
2EnglishboardA relatively long, wide and thin piece of any...
3Englishboardridersurfer
4EnglishriderOne who rides, often on a horse or a motorcycle;...
5Middle EnglishridereAlternative form of ryder
6Middle EnglishryderA rider or equestrian; one who rides a horse; A...
7Old Englishrīdererider, knight
8Old Englishrīdanto ride
9Proto-West Germanicrīdanto ride
10Proto-Germanicrīdanąto ride
11Proto-Indo-Europeanrēydʰ-
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via Vietnamese Tây

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseTâyAlternative letter-case form of tây
2Chinese西
3EnglishWestAny of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie
4Middle Englishwestwest; A location to the south; the south; The...
5Old Englishwestwest
6Proto-West Germanic*westrwestern, westernly
7Proto-Germanicwestrąwest; west, westward
8Proto-Germanicwestrazwest, western
9Proto-Indo-Europeanwek(ʷ)sperosevening
10Proto-Indo-Europeanwe-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-Every word from Proto-Indo-European rēydʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic rīdaną