Where does “cờ cá ngựa” come from?

cờ cá ngựa (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 cá ngựa (Vietnamese): jeu des petits chevaux

Definitions

  1. jeu des petits chevaux

Ancestry of “cờ cá ngựa”, step by step

cờ cá ngựa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseto have; do; does; do
2Frenchcommissioncommission fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction
3Russianкоми́ссияchores
4Latincommissiocommission
5LatincommittoI commit; I begin; I carry on
6Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
7Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
8Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
9Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
12Middle Englishkyt
13Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
14Old High Germankuti
15Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
16Proto-Germanickweduzresin
17Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
18Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via Vietnamese cá ngựa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecá ngựaa sea horse; Short for cờ cá ngựa
2Vietnamesefish; to bet
3Frenchquartfourth; quarter; shift
4Latinquārtusfourth
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-