Where does “cờ đỏ sao vàng” come from?
cờ đỏ sao vàng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese có, from French commission, from Russian коми́ссия, from Latin commissio, from Latin committo, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
cờ đỏ sao vàng (Vietnamese): the Gold-Starred Red Flag; the national flag of Vietnam
Definitions
- the Gold-Starred Red Flag; the national flag of Vietnam
Ancestry of “cờ đỏ sao vàng”, step by step
cờ đỏ sao vàng traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese có
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | có | to have; do; does; do |
| 2 | French | commission | commission fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction |
| 3 | Russian | коми́ссия | chores |
| 4 | Latin | commissio | commission |
| 5 | Latin | committo | I commit; I begin; I carry on |
| 6 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Vietnamese vàng
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | vàng | yellow; gold |
| 2 | French | vin | wine |
| 3 | Middle French | vin | wine |
| 4 | Old French | vin | wine |
| 5 | Latin | vīnum | wine |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | wīnom | wine |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyh₁nom | wine; vine, wine |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | weh₁y- | to twist, wind, weave, plait; to wrap, enclose,... |
via Vietnamese đỏ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | đỏ | red; burning; flaring up; lucky; fortunate |
| 2 | French | dose | proportion; dose; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Latin | dosis | dose |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | δόσις | giving, a gift; license, permission; portion |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | δίδωμι | I give, present, offer; I grant, allow, permit;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |