Where does “cơm gà Hải Nam” come from?
cơm gà Hải Nam (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cơm gà, from Vietnamese gà, from French gaz, from Dutch gas, from Middle Dutch gasse, from Middle High German gazze, from Old High German gazza, from Proto-West Germanic *gatwā.
cơm gà Hải Nam (Vietnamese): Hainanese chicken rice
Definitions
- Hainanese chicken rice
Ancestry of “cơm gà Hải Nam”, step by step
cơm gà Hải Nam traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese cơm gà
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | cơm gà | chicken rice |
| 2 | Vietnamese | gà | a chicken; inexperienced or unskilled; to up the... |
| 3 | French | gaz | gas; flatulence |
| 4 | Dutch | gas | gas; liquefied petroleum gas; unpaved street |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | gasse | unpaved street |
| 6 | Middle High German | gazze | — |
| 7 | Old High German | gazza | lane |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | *gatwā | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | gatwǭ | street, passage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰodweh₂ | — |
via Vietnamese Hải Nam
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | Hải Nam | — |