Where does “hát” come from?

hát (Vietnamese) comes from French âche, from Middle French ache, from Old French ache, from Latin apium, from Latin Apis, from Ancient Greek Ἄπις, from Coptic ϩⲁⲡⲉ, from Egyptian ḥp — the god Apis.

hát (Vietnamese): to sing; The name of the Latin-script letter H

Definitions

  1. to sing; The name of the Latin-script letter H

Ancestry of “hát”, step by step

hát traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French âche

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchâchecelery plant
2Middle Frenchache
3Old Frenchache
4Latinapiumparsley; celery; genitive plural of apis
5LatinApisA seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica
6Ancient GreekἌπις
7Copticϩⲁⲡⲉthe Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum)
8Egyptianḥpthe god Apis

via Proto-Vietic haːt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vietichaːt

Words derived from “hát

Every word from Egyptian ḥpEvery word from Coptic ϩⲁⲡⲉEvery word from Ancient Greek Ἄπις