Where does “ngọc lan tây” come from?
ngọc lan tây (Vietnamese) comes 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, from Proto-Germanic westraz.
ngọc lan tây (Vietnamese): ylang-ylang
Definitions
- ylang-ylang
Ancestry of “ngọc lan tây”, step by step
ngọc lan tây traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese Tây
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | Tây | Alternative letter-case form of tây |
| 2 | Chinese | 西 | — |
| 3 | English | West | Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie |
| 4 | Middle English | west | west; A location to the south; the south; The... |
| 5 | Old English | west | west |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *westr | western, westernly |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | westrą | west; west, westward |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | westraz | west, western |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wek(ʷ)speros | evening |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | we- | — |