Where does “bốc đầu” come from?

bốc đầu (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese bốc, from French boxe, from French boxer, from English box, from Latin bōx, from Ancient Greek βῶξ, from Ancient Greek βόαξ, from Ancient Greek βοῦς — army.

bốc đầu (Vietnamese): wheelie

Definitions

  1. wheelie

Ancestry of “bốc đầu”, step by step

bốc đầu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese bốc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebốcto pick something up with hand
2FrenchboxeCombat sport between two adversaries; Boxing;...
3Frenchboxerboxer; boxer shorts, boxers; to box
4EnglishboxSenses relating to a three-dimensional object or...
5Latinbōxa kind of marine fish
6Ancient Greekβῶξbox
7Ancient Greekβόαξbogue (Boops boops) small fish
8Ancient Greekβοῦςcow, ox, cattle; shield: ὃτι ἐκ βοείων ἐστι...
9LatincorvusA raven; a bird associated with prophecy and...
10Proto-Italickorwos
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱorh₂wós
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
13Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
14Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army

via Vietnamese đầu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđầuhead; tip; end; beginning; commencement; start
2Middle Chinese
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