Where does “gây giống” come from?
gây giống (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese gậy, from English Gay, from English Queen, from Middle English quene, from Old English cwene, from Old English cwēn, from Proto-West Germanic kwāni, from Proto-Germanic kwēniz — woman.
gây giống (Vietnamese): {{l|en|to breed; to propagate; to cultivate
Definitions
- {{l|en|to breed; to propagate; to cultivate
Ancestry of “gây giống”, step by step
gây giống traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese gậy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | gậy | stick, cane, staff |
| 2 | English | Gay | originally a nickname for a cheerful or lively person |
| 3 | English | Queen | A title used before the personal name of a queen |
| 4 | Middle English | quene | A queen; Any powerful woman noble; A female... |
| 5 | Old English | cwene | a woman; inflection of cwēn: ##... |
| 6 | Old English | cwēn | queen; woman, wife, queen |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | kwāni | woman, wife |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | kwēniz | wife |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷḗn | woman |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷen- | woman |