Where does “chấm phẩy” come from?
chấm phẩy (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese phẩy, from Vietnamese vậy, from Proto-Vietic valʔ — skirt.
chấm phẩy (Vietnamese): punctuation (dots and commas)
Definitions
- punctuation (dots and commas)
Ancestry of “chấm phẩy”, step by step
chấm phẩy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese phẩy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | phẩy | to gently fan (something) off; to whisk (off, away); to flick (away); to flap |
| 2 | Vietnamese | vậy | so, thus; intensifying sentence-final particle |
| 3 | Proto-Vietic | valʔ | skirt |
via Vietnamese chấm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | chấm | dot, point; to dip |