Where does “sông băng” come from?
sông băng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese băng, from French bande, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá, from German a, from German a-Moll — ox; aleph; alef.
sông băng (Vietnamese): glacier
Ancestry of “sông băng”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Vietnamese | băng | non-hail ice; band; strip; tape |
| 2 | French | bande | band, strip; stripe; strip |
| 3 | French | là | there; here, present |
| 4 | Italian | là | there |
| 5 | Spanish | la | the; accusative of ella, ello , and usted ; her,... |
| 6 | Portuguese | lá | there; used with an adverb phrase to indicate... |
| 7 | German | a | Alternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;... |
| 8 | German | a-Moll | A-minor |
| 9 | Hungarian | a | the; this; that |
| 10 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 11 | Middle French | a | to; towards; third-person singular present... |
| 12 | Old French | a | to; towards; belonging to |
| 13 | Latin | A | — |
| 14 | Etruscan | 𐌀 | — |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | ᾱ̔ | — |
| 16 | Phoenician | 𐤀 | ox; aleph; alef |