Where does “phim chưởng” come from?
phim chưởng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese phím, from French film, from English Film, from Russian фильм, from English film, from Middle English filme, from Old English filmen, from Proto-West Germanic *filmīn-.
phim chưởng (Vietnamese): a wuxia TV show or film, especially one where the palming move, especially the magical "qi-manipulating" variety, is used a lot
Definitions
- a wuxia TV show or film, especially one where the palming move, especially the magical "qi-manipulating" variety, is used a lot
Ancestry of “phim chưởng”, step by step
phim chưởng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese phím
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | phím | a fret; a key |
| 2 | French | film | movie, film |
| 3 | English | Film | A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity |
| 4 | Russian | фильм | film, movie |
| 5 | English | film | A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a... |
| 6 | Middle English | filme | film, membrane |
| 7 | Old English | filmen | membrane; caul; foreskin |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | *filmīn- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | *filmīn- | — |