Where does “ngón tay cái” come from?
ngón tay cái (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese ngón tay, from Vietnamese Tây, from Chinese 西, from English West, from Middle English west, from Old English west, from Proto-West Germanic *westr, from Proto-Germanic westrą.
ngón tay cái (Vietnamese): thumb
Ancestry of “ngón tay cái”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Vietnamese | ngón tay | finger |
| 2 | Vietnamese | Tây | Alternative letter-case form of tây |
| 3 | Chinese | 西 | — |
| 4 | English | West | — |
| 5 | Middle English | west | west; A location to the south; the south; The... |
| 6 | Old English | west | west |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *westr | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | westrą | west; west, westward |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | westraz | west, western |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wek(ʷ)speros | evening |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | we- | — |