Where does “hòn non bộ” come from?

hòn non bộ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese bỏ, from English board, from English boardrider, from English rider, from Middle English ridere, from Middle English ryder, from Old English rīdere, from Old English rīdan — to fit, to fix, to put together.

hòn non bộ (Vietnamese): hòn non bộ, a Vietnamese traditional miniature landscape

Definitions

  1. hòn non bộ, a Vietnamese traditional miniature landscape

Ancestry of “hòn non bộ”, step by step

hòn non bộ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese bỏ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebỏto put, to place; to leave, to abandon; to quit
2EnglishboardA relatively long, wide and thin piece of any...
3Englishboardridersurfer
4EnglishriderOne who rides, often on a horse or a motorcycle;...
5Middle EnglishridereAlternative form of ryder
6Middle EnglishryderA rider or equestrian; one who rides a horse; A...
7Old Englishrīdererider, knight
8Old Englishrīdanto ride
9Proto-West Germanicrīdanto ride
10Proto-Germanicrīdanąto ride
11Proto-Indo-Europeanrēydʰ-
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via Vietnamese nón

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnamesenónAsian conical hat; hat; cap; helmet
2Proto-Vietick-nɔːn
3Proto-Vietickɔːnchild
4Proto-Mon-Khmerkuunchild

via Vietnamese hòn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnamesehònUsed for small, solid and roundish objects, such as rocks, pebbles, bricks, testicles, etc
2Middle Chinese
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-