Where does “chia tách” come from?
chia tách (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tách, from French tasse, from Middle French tasse, from Arabic طَاس, from Persian تست, from English Test, from German testen, from German Test — to stand.
chia tách (Vietnamese): to divide; to separate; to split
Definitions
- to divide; to separate; to split
Ancestry of “chia tách”, step by step
chia tách traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese tách
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | tách | cup; to separate, to split; to snap, to pop |
| 2 | French | tasse | cup; cupful |
| 3 | Middle French | tasse | — |
| 4 | Arabic | طَاس | bowl, basin; bowl, cup |
| 5 | Persian | تست | test |
| 6 | English | Test | a Test match |
| 7 | German | testen | to test |
| 8 | German | Test | test; melting pot |
| 9 | English | test | A challenge, trial; A cupel or cupelling hearth... |
| 10 | Middle English | teste | — |
| 11 | Old French | teste | head |
| 12 | Latin | testis | witness; one who testifies or attests; testicle |
| 13 | Latin | terstis | — |
| 14 | Latin | trīstis | sad, unhappy, melancholy, morose |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | tristh₂s | a third party standing, after the two parties to... |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |