Where does “dẻo dai” come from?
dẻo dai (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.
dẻo dai (Vietnamese): resilient; resistant; tenacious; able to operate for long periods of time without reduced efficiency
Definitions
- resilient; resistant; tenacious; able to operate for long periods of time without reduced efficiency
Ancestry of “dẻo dai”, step by step
dẻo dai 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 dẻo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | dẻo | flexible; malleable; soft; pliable |
| 2 | Latin | deeo | I depart |
| 3 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 4 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 5 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 6 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |