Where does “lằn ranh đỏ” come from?
lằn ranh đỏ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đỏ, from French dose, from Latin dosis, from Ancient Greek δόσις, from Ancient Greek δίδωμι, from Proto-Indo-European dédeh₃ti, from Proto-Indo-European deh₃- — to give.
lằn ranh đỏ (Vietnamese): red line
Definitions
- red line
Ancestry of “lằn ranh đỏ”, step by step
lằn ranh đỏ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese đỏ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | đỏ | red; burning; flaring up; lucky; fortunate |
| 2 | French | dose | proportion; dose; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Latin | dosis | dose |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | δόσις | giving, a gift; license, permission; portion |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | δίδωμι | I give, present, offer; I grant, allow, permit;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |
via Vietnamese lằn ranh
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | lằn ranh | border; dividing line |
| 2 | Vietnamese | lặn | to dive; to hide; to set |
| 3 | English | lane | A road, street, or similar thoroughfare; A narrow... |
| 4 | Middle English | lane | lane, alley narrow passage between buildings |
| 5 | Old English | lane | lane, narrow path |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | lanu | lane, passageway |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | lanō | lane, passageway |