Where does “gây sự” come from?
gây sự (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 sự (Vietnamese): to pick a fight
Definitions
- to pick a fight
Ancestry of “gây sự”, step by step
gây sự 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 |