Where does “thả ga” come from?
thả ga (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese gà, from French gaz, from Dutch gas, from Middle Dutch gasse, from Middle High German gazze, from Old High German gazza, from Proto-West Germanic *gatwā, from Proto-Germanic gatwǭ.
thả ga (Vietnamese): to one's heart's content
Definitions
- to one's heart's content
Ancestry of “thả ga”, step by step
thả ga traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese gà
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | gà | a chicken; inexperienced or unskilled; to up the... |
| 2 | French | gaz | gas; flatulence |
| 3 | Dutch | gas | gas; liquefied petroleum gas; unpaved street |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | gasse | unpaved street |
| 5 | Middle High German | gazze | — |
| 6 | Old High German | gazza | lane |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *gatwā | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | gatwǭ | street, passage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰodweh₂ | — |