Where does “tóc đuôi gà” come from?
tóc đuôi gà (Vietnamese) comes 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, from Proto-Germanic gatwǭ.
tóc đuôi gà (Vietnamese): a ponytail; a hairstyle where the hair is pulled back and tied into a single "tail" which hangs down behind the head
Definitions
- a ponytail; a hairstyle where the hair is pulled back and tied into a single "tail" which hangs down behind the head
Ancestry of “tóc đuôi gà”, step by step
tóc đuôi gà traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese gà
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | gà | a chicken; inexperienced or unskilled; to up the... |
| 2 | French | gaz | gas; flatulence |
| 3 | Dutch | gas | gas; liquefied petroleum gas; unpaved street |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | gasse | unpaved street |
| 5 | Middle High German | gazze | — |
| 6 | Old High German | gazza | lane |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *gatwā | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | gatwǭ | street, passage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰodweh₂ | — |
via Vietnamese đuôi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | đuôi | tail; extension; stern |
| 2 | Proto-Vietic | tɔːj | tail |
via Vietnamese tóc
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | tóc | headhair |