Where does “rớt đài” come from?

rớt đài (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese dài, from English die, from Latin die, from Latin dies, from Latin diem, from Proto-Italic djēm, from Proto-Italic *djous, from Proto-Indo-European dyḗws — to be bright; sky, heaven.

rớt đài (Vietnamese): to be incapacitated half-way through

Definitions

  1. to be incapacitated half-way through

Ancestry of “rớt đài”, step by step

rớt đài traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese dài

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesedàilong, lengthy
2EnglishdieTo stop living; to become dead; to undergo death;...
3Latindieablative singular of diēs; day; before the day
4LatindiesA day, "particularly:"
5Latindiemaccusative singular of diēs
6Proto-Italicdjēmaccusative singular of *djous
7Proto-Italic*djous
8Proto-Indo-Europeandyḗwssky, heaven; sky god
9Proto-Indo-Europeandyéwssky, heaven
10Proto-Indo-Europeandyew-to be bright; sky, heaven

via Vietnamese rớt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameserớtto drop, to fall; to fail
2Proto-Vietic-rəːc
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dyew-Every word from Proto-Indo-European dyéwsEvery word from Proto-Indo-European dyḗws
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