Where does “giặc lái” come from?
giặc lái (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese lại, from Chinese 賴, from English line, from Middle English line, from Old English līne, from Proto-West Germanic *līnā, from Proto-Germanic līnǭ, from Proto-Germanic līną — flax.
giặc lái (Vietnamese): American and allies' pilots who partook in the bombing of Indochina during the Vietnam War
Definitions
- American and allies' pilots who partook in the bombing of Indochina during the Vietnam War
Ancestry of “giặc lái”, step by step
giặc lái traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese lại
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | lại | again; on the other hand, meanwhile; to come |
| 2 | Chinese | 賴 | — |
| 3 | English | line | A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight |
| 4 | Middle English | line | rope, cord; line, rule, ruler, measure; rule,... |
| 5 | Old English | līne | line, rope, cord; line, cable, rope, hawser,... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *līnā | line, chord, rope, string |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | līnǭ | that which is made of flax; line, chord, rope,... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | līną | flax |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | līno- | flax |