Where does “không kể xiết” come from?
không kể xiết (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese kẻ, from Chinese 偈, from English gear, from Middle English gere, from Old Norse gervi, from Proto-Germanic garwijaną, from Proto-Germanic garwaz, from Proto-Germanic ga- — resin.
không kể xiết (Vietnamese): innumerable; incalculable; numberless; untold
Definitions
- innumerable; incalculable; numberless; untold
Ancestry of “không kể xiết”, step by step
không kể xiết traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese kẻ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | kẻ | individual, person, man; to draw a line |
| 2 | Chinese | 偈 | — |
| 3 | English | gear | Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used... |
| 4 | Middle English | gere | Alternative form of gery; Alternative form of... |
| 5 | Old Norse | gervi | gear |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | garwijaną | to prepare |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | garwaz | ready, prepared |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | ga- | Indicates association or togetherness; co-;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |