Where does “cực chẳng đã” come from?
cực chẳng đã (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đá, from Chinese 肚, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan l-tjwa — mouth; beak; food; stomach; mouth, beak, food,...
cực chẳng đã (Vietnamese): on the basis of desperate times call for desperate measures
Definitions
- on the basis of desperate times call for desperate measures
Ancestry of “cực chẳng đã”, step by step
cực chẳng đã traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese đá
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | đá | rock, stone; ice as used for consumption or... |
| 2 | Chinese | 肚 | — |
| 3 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | l-tjwa | mouth; beak; food; stomach; mouth, beak, food,... |
via Vietnamese chẳng
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | chẳng | not at all; even if not; if not |
via Vietnamese cực
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | cực | extremely, utterly, extraordinarily; pole;... |