Where does “sau cánh gà” come from?

sau cánh gà (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cánh gà, 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.

sau cánh gà (Vietnamese): behind the scenes

Definitions

  1. behind the scenes

Ancestry of “sau cánh gà”, step by step

sau cánh gà traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese cánh gà

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecánh gàchicken wing
2Vietnamesea chicken; inexperienced or unskilled; to up the...
3Frenchgazgas; flatulence
4Dutchgasgas; liquefied petroleum gas; unpaved street
5Middle Dutchgasseunpaved street
6Middle High Germangazze
7Old High Germangazzalane
8Proto-West Germanic*gatwā
9Proto-Germanicgatwǭstreet, passage
10Proto-Indo-Europeangʰodweh₂

via Vietnamese sâu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesâudeep; deeply; caterpillar
2Urduسوhundred
3Sanskritशतhundred, used with numerals thus; any very large...
4Sanskritवत्सरyear
5Sanskritवत्सa calf; the young of any animal, offspring,...
6Proto-Indo-Iranianwatsásyearling calf
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwots-ó-s
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwétosyear
9Proto-Indo-Europeanwet-year; year-old
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰodweh₂