Where does “củ cải trắng” come from?
củ cải trắng (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 trắng (Vietnamese): Daikon, the East Asian long white radish,...
Definitions
- Daikon, the East Asian long white radish,...
Ancestry of “củ cải trắng”, step by step
củ cải trắng 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 |