Where does “suy yếu” come from?
suy yếu (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese suy, from Chinese 推, from Chinese 推特, from English Twitter, from Middle English twitren, from Old English twiterian, from Proto-Germanic twitwizōną — To twitter; chirp.
suy yếu (Vietnamese): to weaken; to decline
Definitions
- to weaken; to decline
Ancestry of “suy yếu”, step by step
suy yếu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese suy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | suy | to ponder over; to think carefully; to decline;... |
| 2 | Chinese | 推 | — |
| 3 | Chinese | 推特 | Twitter a social-networking website |
| 4 | English | A user account belonging to the above service; To... | |
| 5 | Middle English | twitren | — |
| 6 | Old English | twiterian | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | twitwizōną | To twitter; chirp |
via Vietnamese yếu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | yếu | weak, feeble |