Where does “chia xẻ” come from?

chia xẻ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese xế, from French cé, from Spanish éste, from Latin iste, from Latin hāc, from Latin hīc, from Latin heic, from Latin hic — whale, sea monster; abyss.

chia xẻ (Vietnamese): to share; to distribute

Definitions

  1. to share; to distribute

Ancestry of “chia xẻ”, step by step

chia xẻ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese xế

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesexếwheeled vehicle; to be sinking; to be on the...
2FrenchThe name of the Latin-script letter C
3Spanishéstethis one
4Latinistethat near you; those in the plural
5Latinhācthis way; these; in this place (or way)
6Latinhīcthis; these in the plural
7Latinheic
8Latinhicthis; these in the plural
9Proto-Italichek(e)
10Proto-Indo-Europeangʰi-ḱethis, here
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
12Middle Englishkyt
13Russianкитwhale; genitive plural of ки́та
14Old Church Slavonicкитъwhale
15Ancient Greekκῆτοςwhale, sea monster; abyss

via Vietnamese chìa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnamesechìaShort for chìa khoá; to extend; to hold out
2Chinesespoon
Every word from Ancient Greek κῆτος