Where does “bịa đặt” come from?
bịa đặt (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese bia, from French bière, from Middle French biere, from Dutch bier, from Middle Dutch bier, from Old Dutch bier, from Proto-West Germanic beuʀ, from Proto-Germanic beuzą — dross, sediment; dross, sediment, brewer's yeast.
bịa đặt (Vietnamese): to fabricate; to trump up
Definitions
- to fabricate; to trump up
Ancestry of “bịa đặt”, step by step
bịa đặt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese bia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | bia | beer; tombstone; gravestone; stele; monument;... |
| 2 | French | bière | beer; bier; coffin |
| 3 | Middle French | biere | beer; bier |
| 4 | Dutch | bier | beer; a serving of beer; a variety of beer |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | bier | beer |
| 6 | Old Dutch | bier | beer |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | beuʀ | beer |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | beuzą | beer |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰews- | dross, sediment; dross, sediment, brewer's yeast |