Where does “gục ngã” come from?
gục ngã (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese ngã, from Chinese 俄, from Manchu ᠣᡵᠣᠰ, from Classical Mongolian ᠣᠷᠤᠰ᠋, from Middle Mongolian 斡羅思, from Old East Slavic Русь, from Finnish ruotsi, from Proto-Finnic *roocci — to row; to separate; loose, sparse, rare.
gục ngã (Vietnamese): to emotionally collapse or break down
Definitions
- to emotionally collapse or break down
Ancestry of “gục ngã”, step by step
gục ngã traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese ngã
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | ngã | to fall; Short for thanh ngã; an intersection |
| 2 | Chinese | 俄 | — |
| 3 | Manchu | ᠣᡵᠣᠰ | Russian |
| 4 | Classical Mongolian | ᠣᠷᠤᠰ᠋ | — |
| 5 | Middle Mongolian | 斡羅思 | — |
| 6 | Old East Slavic | Русь | Rus; Ruthenia |
| 7 | Finnish | ruotsi | Swedish |
| 8 | Proto-Finnic | *roocci | Swede originally anyone from Roslagen |
| 9 | Old Swedish | roþs- | related to rowing |
| 10 | Old Norse | róðr | rowing |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | rōþrą | oar; rudder |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁reh₁- | to row; to separate; loose, sparse, rare |
via Vietnamese gục
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | gục | to lower (one's head); to bend down |