Where does “quáng gà” come from?
quáng gà (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese gà, from French gaz, from Dutch gas, from Middle Dutch gasse, from Middle High German gazze, from Old High German gazza, from Proto-West Germanic *gatwā, from Proto-Germanic gatwǭ.
quáng gà (Vietnamese): nyctalopia
Definitions
- nyctalopia
Ancestry of “quáng gà”, step by step
quáng gà traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese gà
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | gà | a chicken; inexperienced or unskilled; to up the... |
| 2 | French | gaz | gas; flatulence |
| 3 | Dutch | gas | gas; liquefied petroleum gas; unpaved street |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | gasse | unpaved street |
| 5 | Middle High German | gazze | — |
| 6 | Old High German | gazza | lane |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *gatwā | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | gatwǭ | street, passage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰodweh₂ | — |