Where does “bầu cua cá cọp” come from?

bầu cua cá cọp (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cửa, from French cours, from German Kurs, from Italian corso, from Latin cohors, from Latin co-, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

bầu cua cá cọp (Vietnamese): bầu cua cá cọp, a Vietnamese gambling game played with three dice, similar to Hoo Hey How in China, Kla Klouk in Cambodia, Crown and Anchor in Britain, and chuck-a-luck in America

Definitions

  1. bầu cua cá cọp, a Vietnamese gambling game played with three dice, similar to Hoo Hey How in China, Kla Klouk in Cambodia, Crown and Anchor in Britain, and chuck-a-luck in America

Ancestry of “bầu cua cá cọp”, step by step

bầu cua cá cọp traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese cửa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecửaa door or a window
2Frenchcoursstream of water, river; course; teaching, lesson,...
3GermanKurscourse; exchange rate, market price
4Italiancorsocourse; stream, waterway; avenue
5Latincohorsa court; a farmyard or enclosure; a retinue or...
6Latinco-allomorph of con-
7Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
8Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
9Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
10Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
12Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
13Middle Englishkyt
14Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
15Old High Germankuti
16Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
17Proto-Germanickweduzresin
18Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
19Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via Vietnamese

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

via Vietnamese bầu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebầugourd; a space of something; pregnancy
2Chinese
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-
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