Where does “bề dài” come from?
bề dài (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese dài, from English die, from Latin die, from Latin dies, from Latin diem, from Proto-Italic djēm, from Proto-Italic *djous, from Proto-Indo-European dyḗws — to be bright; sky, heaven.
bề dài (Vietnamese): length (distance from end to end)
Definitions
- length (distance from end to end)
Ancestry of “bề dài”, step by step
bề dài traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese dài
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | dài | long, lengthy |
| 2 | English | die | To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death;... |
| 3 | Latin | die | ablative singular of diēs; day; before the day |
| 4 | Latin | dies | A day, "particularly:" |
| 5 | Latin | diem | accusative singular of diēs |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | djēm | accusative singular of *djous |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | sky, heaven |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |
via Vietnamese bé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | bé | small; little; tiny; little; very young; Short... |
| 2 | French | beige | beige |
| 3 | Middle French | beige | — |
| 4 | Old French | bege | color of undyed wool or cotton |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | bysseus | cottony grey; cotton-coloured |
| 6 | Latin | byssus | byssus or sea silk |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | βύσσος | flax; linen; Levant cotton |
| 8 | Hebrew | בּוּץ | byssus |