Where does “lưỡi hái” come from?
lưỡi hái (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese hái, from English Hi, from English high, from Middle English heigh, from Old English hēah, from Old English hām, from Proto-West Germanic haim, from Proto-Germanic haimaz — to be lying down; to settle.
lưỡi hái (Vietnamese): a scythe
Definitions
- a scythe
Ancestry of “lưỡi hái”, step by step
lưỡi hái traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese hái
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | hái | to pluck a plant or piece of fruit for later... |
| 2 | English | Hi | a short form of Hiram |
| 3 | English | high | Elevated, extending above a base or average... |
| 4 | Middle English | heigh | high; Alternative form of hey; Alternative form... |
| 5 | Old English | hēah | high, tall, lofty, high-class, exalted, sublime,... |
| 6 | Old English | hām | home; village, community; village, hamlet, manor,... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | haim | home |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | haimaz | home; house; village |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóymos | of the home, belonging to the family; village,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱey- | to be lying down; to settle |