Where does “nước mắt cá sấu” come from?
nước mắt cá sấu (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cá sấu, from Vietnamese cá, from French quart, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.
nước mắt cá sấu (Vietnamese): crocodile tears
Definitions
- crocodile tears
Ancestry of “nước mắt cá sấu”, step by step
nước mắt cá sấu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese cá sấu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | cá sấu | crocodile; crocodilian; ugly person |
| 2 | Vietnamese | cá | fish; to bet |
| 3 | French | quart | fourth; quarter; shift |
| 4 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |
via Vietnamese [[nước mắt]]
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | [[nước mắt]] | — |