Where does “ghi-đông” come from?
ghi-đông (Vietnamese) comes from French guidon, from French guider, from Italian guidare, from English Guide, from Middle English guide, from Old French guide, from Occitan guida, from Occitan guidar — to see.
ghi-đông (Vietnamese): handlebar
Ancestry of “ghi-đông”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | guidon | handlebar; guidon |
| 2 | French | guider | to guide |
| 3 | Italian | guidare | to guide, lead, show, escort; to manage, run; to... |
| 4 | English | Guide | — |
| 5 | Middle English | guide | — |
| 6 | Old French | guide | a guide |
| 7 | Occitan | guida | — |
| 8 | Occitan | guidar | — |
| 9 | Frankish | wītan | to show the way, lead; to accuse, to blame |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | *witaną | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyde | to have seen, to know |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |