Where does “tin vịt” come from?
tin vịt (Vietnamese) comes from French canard, from Middle French canard, from Old French quanart, from Old French cane, from Middle Low German kāne, from Old Saxon *kano, from Proto-Italic kanō, from Proto-Germanic kanô — a vessel, tub; a vessel, vat, tub.
tin vịt (Vietnamese): canard, hoax
Definitions
- canard, hoax
Ancestry of “tin vịt”, step by step
tin vịt traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French canard
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | canard | duck; drake; canard, hoax |
| 2 | Middle French | canard | duck, male duck |
| 3 | Old French | quanart | duck |
| 4 | Old French | cane | tube |
| 5 | Middle Low German | kāne | — |
| 6 | Old Saxon | *kano | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kanō | to sing |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | kanô | vessel, vat, tub; boat |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gan- | a vessel, tub; a vessel, vat, tub |