Where does “nói đâu quên đấy” come from?
nói đâu quên đấy (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đay, from Vietnamese dài, from English die, from Latin die, from Latin dies, from Latin diem, from Proto-Italic djēm, from Proto-Italic *djous — to be bright; sky, heaven.
nói đâu quên đấy (Vietnamese): forgetful; blithe; having a tendency for things to go in one ear and out the other
Definitions
- forgetful; blithe; having a tendency for things to go in one ear and out the other
Ancestry of “nói đâu quên đấy”, step by step
nói đâu quên đấy traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese đay
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | đay | jute (genus "Corchorus", especially the jute... |
| 2 | Vietnamese | dài | long, lengthy |
| 3 | English | die | To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death;... |
| 4 | Latin | die | ablative singular of diēs; day; before the day |
| 5 | Latin | dies | A day, "particularly:" |
| 6 | Latin | diem | accusative singular of diēs |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | djēm | accusative singular of *djous |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | sky, heaven |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |