Where does “cái lồn gì thế?” come from?

cái lồn gì thế? (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese lớn, from French galon, from Latin galum, from Vulgar Latin *galla, from Gaulish gallā, from Proto-Germanic gallǭ, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- — to flourish; green, yellow.

cái lồn gì thế? (Vietnamese): the fuck is/was that?

Definitions

  1. the fuck is/was that?

Ancestry of “cái lồn gì thế?”, step by step

cái lồn gì thế? traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese lớn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselớnbig; large; grown-up; adult; great; grand
2Frenchgalonbraid; stripe
3Latingalum
4Vulgar Latin*galla
5Gaulishgallāvessel
6Proto-Germanicgallǭgall, bile
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow

via Vietnamese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesewhat; whatever; anything; An interrogative...
2ItaliangiThe name of the Latin-script letter G.; gee
3LatingeThe name of the letter "G"

via Vietnamese thế

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethếposition; posture; condition; situation; power;...
2Chinese
3Sino-Tibetan*tV-lij
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃-