Where does “ghì” come from?

ghì (Vietnamese) comes from French gris, from Old Occitan gris, from Frankish grīs, from Proto-Germanic grīsaz — grey; terrible; frightening.

ghì (Vietnamese): to hold tightly, to tightly embrace

Definitions

  1. to hold tightly, to tightly embrace

Ancestry of “ghì”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgrisgrey, gray; drunk, tipsy; gray
2Old Occitangris—
3Frankishgrīsgrey
4Proto-Germanicgrīsazgrey; terrible; frightening

Words derived from “ghì”

Every word from Proto-Germanic grīsaz →Every word from Frankish grīs →Every word from Old Occitan gris →