Where does “bệnh tay chân miệng” come from?

bệnh tay chân miệng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Tây, from Chinese 西, from English West, from Middle English west, from Old English west, from Proto-West Germanic *westr, from Proto-Germanic westrą, from Proto-Germanic westraz.

bệnh tay chân miệng (Vietnamese): hand, foot and mouth disease

Definitions

  1. hand, foot and mouth disease

Ancestry of “bệnh tay chân miệng”, step by step

bệnh tay chân miệng traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

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-

via Vietnamese bệnh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebệnhdisease; illness; sickness; defect; malfunction;...
2Middle Chinese

via Vietnamese miệng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemiệnga mouth; a member of a family
2Proto-Vietic-mɛːŋʔmouth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European we-Every word from Proto-Indo-European wek(ʷ)sperosEvery word from Proto-Germanic westraz
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