Where does “tê dại” come from?
tê dại (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese dài, from English die, from Latin die, from Latin dies, from Latin diem, from Proto-Italic djēm, from Proto-Italic *djous, from Proto-Indo-European dyḗws — to be bright; sky, heaven.
tê dại (Vietnamese): stiff to the point of becoming senseless or paralyzed
Definitions
- stiff to the point of becoming senseless or paralyzed
Ancestry of “tê dại”, step by step
tê dại traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese dài
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | dài | long, lengthy |
| 2 | English | die | To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death;... |
| 3 | Latin | die | ablative singular of diēs; day; before the day |
| 4 | Latin | dies | A day, "particularly:" |
| 5 | Latin | diem | accusative singular of diēs |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | djēm | accusative singular of *djous |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | sky, heaven |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |
via Vietnamese tê
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | tê | to be numb; that; there; those; The name of the... |
| 2 | French | té | The name of the Latin-script letter T |
| 3 | Middle French | te | you, "second-person singular object pronoun"; to... |
| 4 | Old French | te | you; to you; yourself |
| 5 | Latin | tē | — |
| 6 | Latin | tū | you (singular); thou |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | tū | you |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | túh₂ | you, thou |