Where does “gà” come from?
gà (Vietnamese) comes from French gaz, from Dutch gas, from Middle Dutch gasse, from Middle High German gazze, from Old High German gazza, from Proto-West Germanic *gatwā, from Proto-Germanic gatwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European gʰodweh₂.
gà (Vietnamese): a chicken; inexperienced or unskilled; to up the...
Definitions
- a chicken; inexperienced or unskilled; to up the...
Ancestry of “gà”, step by step
gà traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French gaz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | gaz | gas; flatulence |
| 2 | Dutch | gas | gas; liquefied petroleum gas; unpaved street |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | gasse | unpaved street |
| 4 | Middle High German | gazze | — |
| 5 | Old High German | gazza | lane |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *gatwā | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | gatwǭ | street, passage |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰodweh₂ | — |
via Proto-Vietic r-kaː
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Vietic | r-kaː | chicken |