Where does “cáu tiết” come from?
cáu tiết (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cầu, from Proto-Vietic kaw, from Dutch kauwen, from Middle Dutch couwen, from Old Dutch kiuwan, from Proto-West Germanic keuwan, from Proto-Germanic kewwaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵyewh₁- — to chew.
cáu tiết (Vietnamese): furious; enraged; very angry
Definitions
- furious; enraged; very angry
Ancestry of “cáu tiết”, step by step
cáu tiết traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese cầu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | cầu | a jianzi shuttlecock; a badminton shuttlecock;... |
| 2 | Proto-Vietic | kaw | — |
| 3 | Dutch | kauwen | to chew |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | couwen | to chew |
| 5 | Old Dutch | kiuwan | to chew |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | keuwan | to chew |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kewwaną | to chew |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵyewh₁- | to chew |
via Vietnamese tiết
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | tiết | Clipping of tiết khí; a period; to secrete, to... |