Where does “không có bông tuyết nào trong sạch” come from?
không có bông tuyết nào trong sạch (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese bông tuyết, from English snowflake, from English snow, from Middle English snow, from Old English snāw, from Proto-West Germanic snaiw, from Proto-Germanic snaiwaz, from Proto-Indo-European snóygʷʰos — to snow.
không có bông tuyết nào trong sạch (Vietnamese): no one is an angel; no one is perfect; no one is above reproach
Definitions
- no one is an angel; no one is perfect; no one is above reproach
Ancestry of “không có bông tuyết nào trong sạch”, step by step
không có bông tuyết nào trong sạch traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese bông tuyết
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | bông tuyết | snowflake |
| 2 | English | snowflake | A crystal of snow, having approximate hexagonal... |
| 3 | English | snow | The frozen, crystalline state of water that falls... |
| 4 | Middle English | snow | snow; snow-white; The temperature where snow... |
| 5 | Old English | snāw | snow |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | snaiw | snow |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | snaiwaz | snow |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | snóygʷʰos | snow |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sneygʷʰ- | to snow |
via Vietnamese trong sạch
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | trong sạch | clear; pure generally speaking |
| 2 | Vietnamese | trồng | to plant |
| 3 | Proto-Vietic | k-lɔːŋ | clear; limpid; inside |
| 4 | Proto-Mon-Khmer | kluuŋ | inside, middle |