Where does “cá kiếm” come from?

cá kiếm (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cá, from French quart, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.

cá kiếm (Vietnamese): swordfish

Definitions

  1. swordfish

Ancestry of “cá kiếm”, step by step

cá kiếm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese cá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecáfish; to bet
2Frenchquartfourth; quarter; shift
3Latinquārtusfourth
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

via Vietnamese kiếm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesekiếma sword; to seek, to search, to find
2Vietnamesetìmto search, to seek, to look for; to find
3Chinese尋—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos →