Where does “kì lạ” come from?

kì lạ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese là, from English lä, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá, from German a, from German a-Moll.

kì lạ (Vietnamese): strange; odd; weird

Definitions

  1. strange; odd; weird

Ancestry of “kì lạ”, step by step

kì lạ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese là

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselàfine silk; to be; to iron
2EnglishläSixth tone of the diatonic scale
3Frenchlàthere; here, present
4Italianlàthere
5Spanishlafeminine singular definite article; the
6Portugueseláthere; used with an adverb phrase to indicate...
7GermanaAlternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;...
8Germana-MollA-minor
9Hungarianathe; this; that
10Frenchàto; on the, to; at
11Middle Frenchato; towards; third-person singular present...
12Old Frenchato; towards; belonging to
13LatinA—
14Etruscan𐌀and, also
15Ancient Greekᾱ̔—
16Phoenician𐤀ox; aleph; alef
17Egyptian𓃾—

via Vietnamese kì

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesekìto rub off, to rub out; flag, banner; chess
2EnglishkilogramIn the International System of Units, the base...
3Frenchkilogrammekilogram
4Frenchgrammegram
5Latingrammagram
6Ancient Greekγράμμαthat which is written, that which is drawn,...
7Ancient Greekγράφωto scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to...
8Proto-Hellenicgrəpʰōto scratch, cut or carve into
9Proto-Indo-Europeangerbʰ-to carve
10Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
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