Where does “rú ga” come from?

rú ga (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.

rú ga (Vietnamese): to rev an engine, making a loud noise

Definitions

  1. to rev an engine, making a loud noise

Ancestry of “rú ga”, step by step

rú ga traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese gà

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegàa chicken; inexperienced or unskilled; to up the...
2Frenchgazgas; flatulence
3Dutchgasgas; liquefied petroleum gas; unpaved street
4Middle Dutchgasseunpaved street
5Middle High Germangazze—
6Old High Germangazzalane
7Proto-West Germanic*gatwā—
8Proto-Germanicgatwǭstreet, passage
9Proto-Indo-Europeangʰodweh₂—

via Vietnamese rú

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameserúforest, woods; mountain; mountainous areas
2Old Frenchruerue (plant)
3Latinrūgaa crease in the face, wrinkle
4Proto-Indo-Europeankrewp-scab, crust; to become encrusted
5Proto-Indo-Europeankrew-to fall, collapse; scab; to fall, break, bruise
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰodweh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic gatwǭ →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *gatwā →