Where does “trâu bò húc nhau, ruồi muỗi chết” come from?
trâu bò húc nhau, ruồi muỗi chết (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese trâu bò, from Vietnamese bỏ, from English board, from English boardrider, from English rider, from Middle English ridere, from Middle English ryder, from Old English rīdere — to fit, to fix, to put together.
trâu bò húc nhau, ruồi muỗi chết (Vietnamese): When the strong-willed members of a group butt heads, the bystanders suffer
Definitions
- When the strong-willed members of a group butt heads, the bystanders suffer
Ancestry of “trâu bò húc nhau, ruồi muỗi chết”, step by step
trâu bò húc nhau, ruồi muỗi chết traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese trâu bò
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | trâu bò | water buffaloes and cattle |
| 2 | Vietnamese | bỏ | to put, to place; to leave, to abandon; to quit |
| 3 | English | board | A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any... |
| 4 | English | boardrider | surfer |
| 5 | English | rider | One who rides, often on a horse or a motorcycle;... |
| 6 | Middle English | ridere | Alternative form of ryder |
| 7 | Middle English | ryder | A rider or equestrian; one who rides a horse; A... |
| 8 | Old English | rīdere | rider, knight |
| 9 | Old English | rīdan | to ride |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | rīdan | to ride |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | rīdaną | to ride |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | rēydʰ- | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |