Where does “cầu vượt” come from?

cầu vượt (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.

cầu vượt (Vietnamese): overpass

Definitions

  1. overpass

Ancestry of “cầu vượt”, step by step

cầu vượt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese cầu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecầua jianzi shuttlecock; a badminton shuttlecock;...
2Proto-Vietickaw—
3Dutchkauwento chew
4Middle Dutchcouwento chew
5Old Dutchkiuwanto chew
6Proto-West Germanickeuwanto chew
7Proto-Germanickewwanąto chew
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵyewh₁-to chew

via Vietnamese vượt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevượtto pass over
2Chinese越—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*ɢʷratto travel, go through
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵyewh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kewwaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic keuwan →
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