Where does “quần đùi” come from?
quần đùi (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đui, from French douille, from Middle French douille, from Old French doile, from Frankish duli, from Proto-Germanic dulją, from Proto-Indo-European dʰel- — an arch, vaulting, curve, curvature, cavity;...
quần đùi (Vietnamese): shorts
Definitions
- shorts
Ancestry of “quần đùi”, step by step
quần đùi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese đui
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | đui | blind |
| 2 | French | douille | socket; cartridge case; money |
| 3 | Middle French | douille | — |
| 4 | Old French | doile | — |
| 5 | Frankish | duli | pipe, tube, conduit; hollow tube, pipe; tube,... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | dulją | tube, pipe; nozzle, spout |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰel- | an arch, vaulting, curve, curvature, cavity;... |