Where does “héo queo” come from?

héo queo (Vietnamese) comes from Latin queo, from Latin nequeo, from Latin eō, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.

héo queo (Vietnamese): very wilted; very shriveled

Definitions

  1. very wilted; very shriveled

Ancestry of “héo queo”, step by step

héo queo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin queo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinqueoI am able, can
2LatinnequeoI am unable; I cannot
3Latinto go, to fare, to move (oneself) (any kind of animate or inanimate motion: walk, ride, sail, fly, etc.)
4Proto-ItalicI go
5Proto-Italicejō
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

via Vietnamese héo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehéoto wither
2Proto-Vietichɛːwʔ
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éytiEvery word from Proto-Italic ejō