Where does “sâu bọ” come from?
sâu bọ (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.
sâu bọ (Vietnamese): insects
Definitions
- insects
Ancestry of “sâu bọ”, step by step
sâu bọ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese bỏ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | bỏ | to put, to place; to leave, to abandon; to quit |
| 2 | English | board | A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any... |
| 3 | English | boardrider | surfer |
| 4 | English | rider | One who rides, often on a horse or a motorcycle;... |
| 5 | Middle English | ridere | Alternative form of ryder |
| 6 | Middle English | ryder | A rider or equestrian; one who rides a horse; A... |
| 7 | Old English | rīdere | rider, knight |
| 8 | Old English | rīdan | to ride |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | rīdan | to ride |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | rīdaną | to ride |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | rēydʰ- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via Vietnamese sâu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | sâu | deep; deeply; caterpillar |
| 2 | Urdu | سو | hundred |
| 3 | Sanskrit | शत | hundred, used with numerals thus; any very large... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | वत्सर | year |
| 5 | Sanskrit | वत्स | a calf; the young of any animal, offspring,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | watsás | yearling calf |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wots-ó-s | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wétos | year |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wet- | year; year-old |