Where does “sau hết” come from?
sau hết (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese sâu, from Urdu سو, from Sanskrit शत, from Sanskrit वत्सर, from Sanskrit वत्स, from Proto-Indo-Iranian watsás, from Proto-Indo-European wots-ó-s, from Proto-Indo-European wétos — year; year-old.
sau hết (Vietnamese): the end; in the last place; after all is said and done
Definitions
- the end; in the last place; after all is said and done
Ancestry of “sau hết”, step by step
sau hết traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |