Where does “tụi nó” come from?
tụi nó (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese nổ, from Vietnamese lò, from Vietnamese bỏ, from English board, from English boardrider, from English rider, from Middle English ridere, from Middle English ryder — to fit, to fix, to put together.
tụi nó (Vietnamese): they/them
Definitions
- they/them
Ancestry of “tụi nó”, step by step
tụi nó traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese nổ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | nổ | to explode; to pop; to burst |
| 2 | Vietnamese | lò | kiln, furnace, oven, heater |
| 3 | Vietnamese | bỏ | to put, to place; to leave, to abandon; to quit |
| 4 | English | board | A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any... |
| 5 | English | boardrider | surfer |
| 6 | English | rider | One who rides, often on a horse or a motorcycle;... |
| 7 | Middle English | ridere | Alternative form of ryder |
| 8 | Middle English | ryder | A rider or equestrian; one who rides a horse; A... |
| 9 | Old English | rīdere | rider, knight |
| 10 | Old English | rīdan | to ride |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | rīdan | to ride |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | rīdaną | to ride |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | rēydʰ- | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |