Where does “ta đây” come from?
ta đây (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tà, from Scottish Gaelic ge-tà, from Scottish Gaelic tha, from Old Irish at·tá, from Old Irish ad-, from Old Irish uss-, from Old Irish beirid, from Proto-Celtic bereti — short.
ta đây (Vietnamese): I; me
Definitions
- I; me
Ancestry of “ta đây”, step by step
ta đây traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese tà
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | tà | crooked, wicked, dishonest, unjust, heretical,... |
| 2 | Scottish Gaelic | ge-tà | though, however |
| 3 | Scottish Gaelic | tha | am, are, is; there is, there are |
| 4 | Old Irish | at·tá | to be |
| 5 | Old Irish | ad- | to, towards; in many compounds, it has a purely... |
| 6 | Old Irish | uss- | up, off |
| 7 | Old Irish | beirid | to carry, bring; to bear; to give |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | bereti | to carry, bear; to flow |
| 9 | English | beret | A type of round, brimless cap with a soft top and... |
| 10 | French | béret | beret |
| 11 | Occitan | berret | cap |
| 12 | Medieval Latin | birretum | — |
| 13 | Late Latin | birrus | a kind of cloak; large hooded cloak; hooded coat |
| 14 | Gaulish | birrus | short cloak |
| 15 | Proto-Celtic | birros | short |