Where does “ghi-ta phím lõm” come from?
ghi-ta phím lõm (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese phím, from French film, from English Film, from Russian фильм, from English film, from Middle English filme, from Old English filmen, from Proto-West Germanic *filmīn-.
ghi-ta phím lõm (Vietnamese): a Vietnamized guitar with a scalloped fretboard allowing for bending ornamentation
Definitions
- a Vietnamized guitar with a scalloped fretboard allowing for bending ornamentation
Ancestry of “ghi-ta phím lõm”, step by step
ghi-ta phím lõm traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese phím
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | phím | a fret; a key |
| 2 | French | film | movie, film |
| 3 | English | Film | A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity |
| 4 | Russian | фильм | film, movie |
| 5 | English | film | A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a... |
| 6 | Middle English | filme | film, membrane |
| 7 | Old English | filmen | membrane; caul; foreskin |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | *filmīn- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | *filmīn- | — |
via Vietnamese ghi-ta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | ghi-ta | guitar |
| 2 | French | guitare | guitar |
| 3 | Romanian | -re | -ing, -ation |
| 4 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Vietnamese lõm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | lõm | curved "inward"; indented, dimpled, concave, etc |