Where does “trứng gà” come from?
trứng gà (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.
trứng gà (Vietnamese): chicken egg; the canistel, a tropical fruit
Definitions
- chicken egg; the canistel, a tropical fruit
Ancestry of “trứng gà”, step by step
trứng gà 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 | — |