Where does “cả và” come from?

cả và (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.

cả và (Vietnamese): all, everything, everybody

Definitions

  1. all, everything, everybody

Ancestry of “cả và”, step by step

cả và 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 và

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevàand; To shovel food from a rice bowl into one's...
2Chinese和harmonious
3Japanese和peace, harmony, tranquillity, serenity; sum
4Middle Chinese和—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos →