Where does “nhà chọc trời” come from?

nhà chọc trời (Vietnamese) comes from English skyscraper, from English scraper, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti — he, she.

nhà chọc trời (Vietnamese): a skyscraper

Definitions

  1. a skyscraper

Ancestry of “nhà chọc trời”, step by step

nhà chọc trời traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English skyscraper

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishskyscraperA very tall building with a large number of...
2EnglishscraperAn instrument with which anything is scraped; One...
3English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
4Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
5Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
6Latin-ārefirst conjugation
7Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
8Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
9Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
11Chichewaiyehe, she

via Vietnamese trời

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetrờithe sky; weather; a generic deification of the...
2Proto-Vieticb-ləːjsky
3Proto-Mon-Khmerbriiʔsky; rain; forest

via Vietnamese nhà

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenhàa house; a home; a dwelling; an immediate family;...
2Proto-Vieticɲaːhouse
Every word from Chichewa iyeEvery word from English -erEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti