Where does “bói cá” come from?

bói cá (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cá, from French quart, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.

bói cá (Vietnamese): kingfisher

Definitions

  1. kingfisher

Ancestry of “bói cá”, step by step

bói cá traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese cá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecáfish; to bet
2Frenchquartfourth; quarter; shift
3Latinquārtusfourth
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

via Vietnamese bói

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebóito tell fortunes, to divine, to take an augury
2Proto-Mon-Khmerpul—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos →