Where does “gà ác” come from?

gà ác (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese gà, 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.

gà ác (Vietnamese): a breed of chicken mainly found in Vietnam

Definitions

  1. a breed of chicken mainly found in Vietnam

Ancestry of “gà ác”, step by step

gà ác traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesea chicken; inexperienced or unskilled; to up the...
2Frenchgazgas; flatulence
3Dutchgasgas; liquefied petroleum gas; unpaved street
4Middle Dutchgasseunpaved street
5Middle High Germangazze
6Old High Germangazzalane
7Proto-West Germanic*gatwā
8Proto-Germanicgatwǭstreet, passage
9Proto-Indo-Europeangʰodweh₂

via Vietnamese ác

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseáccruel; evil; inhumane; merciless; savage; evil
2Proto-Vieticʔaːkcrow
3Proto-Mon-Khmerkʔaakcrow; to caw
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰodweh₂Every word from Proto-Germanic gatwǭEvery word from Proto-West Germanic *gatwā