Where does “hoa bia” come from?
hoa bia (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese bia, from French bière, from Middle French biere, from Dutch bier, from Middle Dutch bier, from Old Dutch bier, from Proto-West Germanic beuʀ, from Proto-Germanic beuzą — dross, sediment; dross, sediment, brewer's yeast.
hoa bia (Vietnamese): hop, hops - flower used in brewing beer for its...
Definitions
- hop, hops - flower used in brewing beer for its...
Ancestry of “hoa bia”, step by step
hoa bia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese bia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | bia | beer; tombstone; gravestone; stele; monument;... |
| 2 | French | bière | beer; bier; coffin |
| 3 | Middle French | biere | beer; bier |
| 4 | Dutch | bier | beer; a serving of beer; a variety of beer |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | bier | beer |
| 6 | Old Dutch | bier | beer |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | beuʀ | beer |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | beuzą | beer |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰews- | dross, sediment; dross, sediment, brewer's yeast |
via Vietnamese hoa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | hoa | a flower; a suit; capital, upper case |