Where does “gác bút” come from?
gác bút (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese gác, from French garde, from French garder, from Middle French garder, from Old French guarder, from Frankish wardēn, from Proto-Germanic wardāną, from Proto-Germanic *warduz — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
gác bút (Vietnamese): ink brush holder
Definitions
- ink brush holder
Ancestry of “gác bút”, step by step
gác bút traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese gác
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | gác | to guard; to watch; to put something on... |
| 2 | French | garde | A watch, guard; A handle; A protection |
| 3 | French | garder | to keep; to retain; to store; to save; to guard;... |
| 4 | Middle French | garder | Alternative form of guarder |
| 5 | Old French | guarder | to protect; to guard; to look at |
| 6 | Frankish | wardēn | to protect; to guard, protect, watch over; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | wardāną | to guard, protect, watch over |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *warduz | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wēr- | true |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |