Where does “thọc gậy bánh xe” come from?

thọc gậy bánh xe (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese bánh xe, from Vietnamese xế, from Vietnamese rửa, from French ajourer, from French ajour, from French à, from English avie, from French envie — in.

thọc gậy bánh xe (Vietnamese): to put a spoke in someone's wheel; to throw a spanner in the works

Definitions

  1. to put a spoke in someone's wheel; to throw a spanner in the works

Ancestry of “thọc gậy bánh xe”, step by step

thọc gậy bánh xe traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese bánh xe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebánh xewheel
2Vietnamesexếwheeled vehicle; to be sinking; to be on the...
3Vietnameserửato wash something non-fabric and non-rice
4Frenchajourerto perforate
5Frenchajoura slit that lets in daylight
6Frenchàto; on the, to; at
7Englishavieemulously
8Frenchenviedesire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy
9Latininvidiaenvy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an...
10Latininvidusenvious; hostile, inimical
11LatininvideoI look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil...
12Latinīn-un-, non-, not
13Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
14Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
15Proto-Italicenin
16Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Vietnamese gậy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegậystick, cane, staff
2EnglishGayoriginally a nickname for a cheerful or lively person
3EnglishQueenA title used before the personal name of a queen
4Middle EnglishqueneA queen; Any powerful woman noble; A female...
5Old Englishcwenea woman; inflection of cwēn: ##...
6Old Englishcwēnqueen; woman, wife, queen
7Proto-West Germanickwāniwoman, wife
8Proto-Germanickwēnizwife
9Proto-Indo-Europeangʷḗnwoman
10Proto-Indo-Europeangʷen-woman

via Vietnamese thọc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethọcto thrust, to put into
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en
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