Where does “gầy nhom” come from?
gầy nhom (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.
gầy nhom (Vietnamese): as thin as a lath
Definitions
- as thin as a lath
Ancestry of “gầy nhom”, step by step
gầy nhom 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 |
via Vietnamese nhóm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | nhóm | group; to team up, to form a group; to make a... |
| 2 | Vietnamese | a-luy-mi-nhôm | — |
| 3 | French | aluminium | aluminum |
| 4 | English | aluminium | A light, silvery metal extracted from bauxite,... |
| 5 | Latin | alūmen | alum |
| 6 | English | -ium | 1997, Bryan Pfaffenberger, "Official Microsoft... |
| 7 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |