Where does “bậy bạ” come from?

bậy bạ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese bày, from Proto-Vietic pər, from Persian پر, from Middle Persian purr, from Proto-Iranian pr̥Hnáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pr̥Hnás, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

bậy bạ (Vietnamese): mischievous

Definitions

  1. mischievous

Ancestry of “bậy bạ”, step by step

bậy bạ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese bày

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebàyto arrange; to dispose; to display
2Proto-Vieticpərto fly
3Persianپرfull; feather; wing
4Middle Persianpurr—
5Proto-Iranianpr̥Hnáhfull, filled
6Proto-Indo-Iranianpr̥Hnásfull, filled
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

via Vietnamese bà

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebàa grandmother; an old woman; an old lady; you, my...
2Chinese爸—
3Chinese父—
4Komodopaʔfour
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəpatfour
6Proto-AustronesianSəpatfour

Words derived from “bậy bạ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian pr̥Hnás →