Where does “khái” come from?
khái (Vietnamese) comes from Chinese 開, from English K, from English kilo-, from French kilo-, from Ancient Greek χίλιοι, from Proto-Hellenic *kʰehliyoi, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰéslom, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥- — together, one.
khái (Vietnamese): a tiger
Definitions
- a tiger
Ancestry of “khái”, step by step
khái traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Chinese 開
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chinese | 開 | — |
| 2 | English | K | The ordinal number eleventh, derived from this... |
| 3 | English | kilo- | API; In the International System of Units and... |
| 4 | French | kilo- | kilo |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | χίλιοι | thousand |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | *kʰehliyoi | thousand |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰéslom | thousand |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |
via Proto-Vietic kʰaːlʔ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Vietic | kʰaːlʔ | a tiger |
via Proto-Tai *p.qaːjᴬ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Tai | *p.qaːjᴬ | to sell |