Where does “lời ong tiếng ve” come from?
lời ong tiếng ve (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese vẽ, from French vé, from Occitan vei, from Occitan veire, from Latin vitrum, from Proto-Italic wedrom, from Proto-Indo-European wedro-, from Proto-Indo-European wed- — to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;...
lời ong tiếng ve (Vietnamese): unfounded rumours and malicious gossip
Definitions
- unfounded rumours and malicious gossip
Ancestry of “lời ong tiếng ve”, step by step
lời ong tiếng ve traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese vẽ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | vẽ | to draw; to paint; to contrive |
| 2 | French | vé | The name of the Latin-script letter V; calf; API! |
| 3 | Occitan | vei | — |
| 4 | Occitan | veire | to see |
| 5 | Latin | vitrum | glass; a woad; a plant used for dying blue; woad;... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | wedrom | glass |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wedro- | water-like |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wed- | water |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wey- | to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;... |