Where does “chân đăm đá chân chiêu” come from?
chân đăm đá chân chiêu (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đá, from Chinese 肚, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan l-tjwa — mouth; beak; food; stomach; mouth, beak, food,...
chân đăm đá chân chiêu (Vietnamese): walking very unstably; drunk as a lord
Definitions
- walking very unstably; drunk as a lord
Ancestry of “chân đăm đá chân chiêu”, step by step
chân đăm đá chân chiêu 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 đăm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | đăm | right |
| 2 | Proto-Vietic | ɗam | five |
| 3 | Proto-Mon-Khmer | p(ɗ)am | — |
via Vietnamese chân
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | chân | a foot; a leg; the lowest circumscribing area |