Where does “quần bò” come from?

quần bò (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese bỏ, from English board, from English boardrider, from English rider, from Middle English ridere, from Middle English ryder, from Old English rīdere, from Old English rīdan — to fit, to fix, to put together.

quần bò (Vietnamese): jeans

Definitions

  1. jeans

Ancestry of “quần bò”, step by step

quần bò traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese bỏ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebỏto put, to place; to leave, to abandon; to quit
2EnglishboardA relatively long, wide and thin piece of any...
3Englishboardridersurfer
4EnglishriderOne who rides, often on a horse or a motorcycle;...
5Middle EnglishridereAlternative form of ryder
6Middle EnglishryderA rider or equestrian; one who rides a horse; A...
7Old Englishrīdererider, knight
8Old Englishrīdanto ride
9Proto-West Germanicrīdanto ride
10Proto-Germanicrīdanąto ride
11Proto-Indo-Europeanrēydʰ-
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via Vietnamese quân

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesequântroops, army
2Proto-Mon-Khmerwən(ʔ)coiled, to wind, bend; coiled; to wind, bend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-