Where does “mây tích” come from?

mây tích (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tích, from English teach, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti — he, she.

mây tích (Vietnamese): cumulus cloud

Definitions

  1. cumulus cloud

Ancestry of “mây tích”, step by step

mây tích traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tích

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetíchproduct; mark, track, trace; tale; story
2EnglishteachTo show the way; to guide, conduct; to point,...
3English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
4Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
5Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
6Latin-ārefirst conjugation
7Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
8Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
9Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
11Chichewaiyehe, she

via Vietnamese máy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemáymachine; engine; internal combustion engine
2Proto-Vieticmiː
3Proto-Mon-Khmermiiʔ
Every word from Chichewa iye
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