Where does “ngoảnh đi ngoảnh lại” come from?
ngoảnh đi ngoảnh lại (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese lại, from Chinese 賴, from English line, from Middle English line, from Old English līne, from Proto-West Germanic *līnā, from Proto-Germanic līnǭ, from Proto-Germanic līną — flax.
ngoảnh đi ngoảnh lại (Vietnamese): Describes time passing in a flash
Definitions
- Describes time passing in a flash
Ancestry of “ngoảnh đi ngoảnh lại”, step by step
ngoảnh đi ngoảnh lại traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese lại
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | lại | again; on the other hand, meanwhile; to come |
| 2 | Chinese | 賴 | — |
| 3 | English | line | A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight |
| 4 | Middle English | line | rope, cord; line, rule, ruler, measure; rule,... |
| 5 | Old English | līne | line, rope, cord; line, cable, rope, hawser,... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *līnā | line, chord, rope, string |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | līnǭ | that which is made of flax; line, chord, rope,... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | līną | flax |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | līno- | flax |
via Vietnamese đi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | đi | to go; to wear footwear; used sentence-finally to... |
| 2 | Proto-Vietic | tiː | to go |
via Vietnamese ngoảnh
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | ngoảnh | to turn one's head; to turn around |