Where does “thấy mặt đặt tên” come from?
thấy mặt đặt tên (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đặt tên, from Vietnamese tên, from Proto-Slavic *tъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic tas, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.
thấy mặt đặt tên (Vietnamese): to name someone descriptively based on their appearance
Definitions
- to name someone descriptively based on their appearance
Ancestry of “thấy mặt đặt tên”, step by step
thấy mặt đặt tên traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese đặt tên
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | đặt tên | to name; to give a name |
| 2 | Vietnamese | tên | given name; name; person |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | *tъ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | tas | that |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |
via Vietnamese mặt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | mặt | face; aspect; dimension; right |
| 2 | Middle Vietnamese | 𩈘 | face |
via Vietnamese thầy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | thầy | Synonym of sư; a teacher; Synonym of thầy giáo |