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Where does “bao tay” come from?

bao tay (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.

bao tay (Vietnamese): glove

Definitions

  1. glove

Ancestry of “bao tay”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseTâyAlternative letter-case form of tây
2Chinese西—
3EnglishWest—
4Middle Englishwestwest; A location to the south; the south; The...
5Old Englishwestwest
6Proto-West Germanic*westr—
7Proto-Germanicwestrąwest; west, westward
8Proto-Germanicwestrazwest, western
9Proto-Indo-Europeanwek(ʷ)sperosevening
10Proto-Indo-Europeanwe-—
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