Where does “thú nhồi bông” come from?
thú nhồi bông (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese bóng, from French bon, from Middle French bon, from Old French bon, from Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, from Proto-Italic dwenos, from Proto-Indo-European dew- — to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...
thú nhồi bông (Vietnamese): a stuffed animal; a plushie animal; a soft toy in the form of an animal
Definitions
- a stuffed animal; a plushie animal; a soft toy in the form of an animal
Ancestry of “thú nhồi bông”, step by step
thú nhồi bông traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese bóng
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | bóng | a ball; shadow; reflection |
| 2 | French | bon | good; right, correct; sexy, hot, smoking hot |
| 3 | Middle French | bon | good |
| 4 | Old French | bon | good |
| 5 | Latin | bonus | good, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;... |
| 6 | Old Latin | duenos | Alternative form of duonus |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | dwenos | good |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dew- | to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be... |
via Vietnamese thứ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | thứ | inferior in quality, second, second vice, under;... |
| 2 | Chinese | 首 | neck |
| 3 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | *qV-luʔ | head |
via Vietnamese nhồi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | nhồi | to stuff (with); to fill (with); to cram (with) |