Where does “củ cải đường” come from?
củ cải đường (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese củ cải, from Vietnamese cú, from French coup, from Old French colp, from Latin colpus, from Ancient Greek κόλπος, from Proto-Indo-European kʷelp-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.
củ cải đường (Vietnamese): sugar beet
Definitions
- sugar beet
Ancestry of “củ cải đường”, step by step
củ cải đường traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese củ cải
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | củ cải | radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, syn. Raphanus sativus), particularly the Vietnamese varieties of daikon, the East Asian long white radish |
| 2 | Vietnamese | cú | an owl; hoot; to knuckle one's head |
| 3 | French | coup | blow, hit, strike; fast and instantaneous action;... |
| 4 | Old French | colp | strike; hit |
| 5 | Latin | colpus | stroke; strike; hit |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κόλπος | bosom, lap; a fold in fabric around the bosom;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷelp- | to bend; to curve, arch |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |