Where does “dài hơi” come from?
dài hơi (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese dài, 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 — to be bright; sky, heaven.
dài hơi (Vietnamese): long-term
Definitions
- long-term
Ancestry of “dài hơi”, step by step
dài hơi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese dài
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | dài | long, lengthy |
| 2 | English | die | To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death;... |
| 3 | Latin | die | ablative singular of diēs; day; before the day |
| 4 | Latin | dies | A day, "particularly:" |
| 5 | Latin | diem | accusative singular of diēs |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | djēm | accusative singular of *djous |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | sky, heaven |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |
via Vietnamese hơi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | hơi | slightly, somewhat, a little; vapor, steam;... |
| 2 | Dutch | hooi | hay; grass intended to be used as hay, grass to... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | hôoi | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | hōi | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hawją | hay |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hawwaną | to hew, to chop; to forge |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | sukkos | pig (snout) |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | suH- | pig, hog, swine |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sewH- | to bear; to give birth |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sew- | to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to... |