Where does “thánh cả” come from?

thánh cả (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cá, from French quart, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.

thánh cả (Vietnamese): the most chaste (a title for Saint Joseph)

Definitions

  1. the most chaste (a title for Saint Joseph)

Ancestry of “thánh cả”, step by step

thánh cả traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese cá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecáfish; to bet
2Frenchquartfourth; quarter; shift
3Latinquārtusfourth
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

via Vietnamese thành

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethànhinto; to achieve one's goal, to become, to turn...
2Chinese青—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*sreŋto live
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos →