Where does “dài” come from?
dài (Vietnamese) comes from English die, from Latin die, from Latin dies, from Latin diem, from Proto-Italic djēm, from Proto-Italic *djous, from Proto-Indo-European dyḗws, from Proto-Indo-European dyéws — to be bright; sky, heaven.
dài (Vietnamese): long, lengthy
Definitions
- long, lengthy
Ancestry of “dài”, step by step
dài traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English die
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | die | To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death;... |
| 2 | Latin | die | ablative singular of diēs; day; before the day |
| 3 | Latin | dies | A day, "particularly:" |
| 4 | Latin | diem | accusative singular of diēs |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | djēm | accusative singular of *djous |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | sky, heaven |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |
via Vietnamese giái
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | giái | — |
| 2 | Vietnamese | trái | left; reverse; morally wrong, unreasonable,... |
| 3 | Proto-Vietic | p-laːs | fathom |
| 4 | Proto-Mon-Khmer | laas | to spread; to extend |
via Chinese 大
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chinese | 大 | big, great; large |