Where does “hỏi thăm” come from?
hỏi thăm (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese hơi, from Dutch hooi, from Dutch land, from Dutch landnaam, from Dutch naam, from Middle Dutch nāme, from Old Dutch namo, from Proto-West Germanic namō — to name.
hỏi thăm (Vietnamese): to check in on, check on or call in on someone
Definitions
- to check in on, check on or call in on someone
Ancestry of “hỏi thăm”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Vietnamese | hơi | slightly, somewhat, a little; vapor, steam;... |
| 2 | Dutch | hooi | hay; grass intended to be used as hay, grass to... |
| 3 | Dutch | land | land; country; land |
| 4 | Dutch | landnaam | Uncommon form of landsnaam |
| 5 | Dutch | naam | name |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | nāme | — |
| 7 | Old Dutch | namo | name |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | namō | name |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | namô | name |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁nómn̥ | name |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃neh₃- | to name |