Where does “tôn sợ” come from?
tôn sợ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese số, from French sœur, from Middle French soeur, from Old French suer, from Latin soror, from Proto-Italic swezōr, from Proto-Indo-European swésōr, from Proto-Indo-European su-h₁ésh₂-ōr — blood.
tôn sợ (Vietnamese): to fear; to venerate
Definitions
- to fear; to venerate
Ancestry of “tôn sợ”, step by step
tôn sợ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese số
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | số | number; size; amount; count |
| 2 | French | sœur | sister; nun |
| 3 | Middle French | soeur | sister |
| 4 | Old French | suer | nominative singular of seror; to dry |
| 5 | Latin | soror | sister; cousin, daughter of a father's brother;... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | swezōr | sister |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | swésōr | sister |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | su-h₁ésh₂-ōr | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ésh₂r̥ | blood |
via Vietnamese tôn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | tôn | lineage, ancestry; ancestor, clan; sheet metal |
| 2 | French | tôle | sheet metal; Alternative form of taule |
| 3 | French | table | table; flat surface atop various objects; flat... |
| 4 | Old French | table | table |
| 5 | Latin | tabula | tablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *taðlā | board |