Where does “cậu bé” come from?
cậu bé (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.
cậu bé (Vietnamese): young boy; little brat
Definitions
- young boy; little brat
Ancestry of “cậu bé”, step by step
cậu bé 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 bé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | bé | small; little; tiny; little; very young; Short... |
| 2 | French | beige | beige |
| 3 | Middle French | beige | — |
| 4 | Old French | bege | color of undyed wool or cotton |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | bysseus | cottony grey; cotton-coloured |
| 6 | Latin | byssus | byssus or sea silk |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | βύσσος | flax; linen; Levant cotton |
| 8 | Hebrew | בּוּץ | byssus |