Where does “chú lùn” come from?
chú lùn (Vietnamese) comes from Scottish Gaelic Lùn, from Scottish Gaelic Lùnastal, from Old Irish Lugnasad, from Old Irish nasad, from Polish nasadzić, from Polish sadzić, from Proto-Slavic saditi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sōdī́ˀtei — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
chú lùn (Vietnamese): a short humanoid creature, usually a dwarf
Definitions
- a short humanoid creature, usually a dwarf
Ancestry of “chú lùn”, step by step
chú lùn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Scottish Gaelic Lùn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scottish Gaelic | Lùn | Aug August |
| 2 | Scottish Gaelic | Lùnastal | August eighth month of the Gregorian calendar |
| 3 | Old Irish | Lugnasad | Lammas |
| 4 | Old Irish | nasad | festival |
| 5 | Polish | nasadzić | to plant many of something |
| 6 | Polish | sadzić | to plant |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | saditi | to plant |
| 8 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *sōdī́ˀtei | to set, to plant |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sodéyeti | to set, to seat, to cause to sit |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |