Where does “người đi bộ” come from?

người đi bộ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đi bộ, from Vietnamese bỏ, from English board, from English boardrider, from English rider, from Middle English ridere, from Middle English ryder, from Old English rīdere — to fit, to fix, to put together.

người đi bộ (Vietnamese): wayfarer; walker; foot-passenger; pedestrian

Definitions

  1. wayfarer; walker; foot-passenger; pedestrian

Ancestry of “người đi bộ”, step by step

người đi bộ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đi bộ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđi bộto walk
2Vietnamesebỏto put, to place; to leave, to abandon; to quit
3EnglishboardA relatively long, wide and thin piece of any...
4Englishboardridersurfer
5EnglishriderOne who rides, often on a horse or a motorcycle;...
6Middle EnglishridereAlternative form of ryder
7Middle EnglishryderA rider or equestrian; one who rides a horse; A...
8Old Englishrīdererider, knight
9Old Englishrīdanto ride
10Proto-West Germanicrīdanto ride
11Proto-Germanicrīdanąto ride
12Proto-Indo-Europeanrēydʰ-
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via Vietnamese Người

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseNgườiYou/Thou/Thee, Jesus Christ; You/Thou/Thee, my...
2Proto-Vieticŋaːj
3Proto-Mon-Khmer(m)ŋaajperson, human being; human being; person
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-
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