Where does “kẹo bơ cứng” come from?
kẹo bơ cứng (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.
kẹo bơ cứng (Vietnamese): toffee
Definitions
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Ancestry of “kẹo bơ cứng”, step by step
kẹo bơ cứng traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese bỏ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | bỏ | to put, to place; to leave, to abandon; to quit |
| 2 | English | board | A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any... |
| 3 | English | boardrider | surfer |
| 4 | English | rider | One who rides, often on a horse or a motorcycle;... |
| 5 | Middle English | ridere | Alternative form of ryder |
| 6 | Middle English | ryder | A rider or equestrian; one who rides a horse; A... |
| 7 | Old English | rīdere | rider, knight |
| 8 | Old English | rīdan | to ride |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | rīdan | to ride |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | rīdaną | to ride |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | rēydʰ- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |