Where does “hát hò” come from?

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

hát hò (Vietnamese): to sing generally speaking

Definitions

  1. to sing generally speaking

Ancestry of “hát hò”, step by step

hát hò traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese hát

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehátto sing; The name of the Latin-script letter H
2Frenchâchecelery plant
3Middle Frenchache—
4Old Frenchache—
5Latinapiumparsley; celery; genitive plural of apis
6LatinApisA seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica
7Ancient GreekἌπις—
8Copticϩⲁⲡⲉthe Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum)
9Egyptianḥpthe god Apis

via Vietnamese hồ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehồlake; glue
2Chinese戶—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanm/s-k(w)a-jmouth; opening; mouth; opening; spread; door;...
Every word from Egyptian ḥp →Every word from Coptic ϩⲁⲡⲉ →Every word from Ancient Greek Ἄπις →