Where does “vẽ” come from?

vẽ (Vietnamese) comes from French vé, from Occitan vei, from Occitan veire, from Latin vitrum, from Proto-Italic wedrom, from Proto-Indo-European wedro-, from Proto-Indo-European wed-, from Proto-Indo-European wey- — to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;...

vẽ (Vietnamese): to draw; to paint; to contrive

Definitions

  1. to draw; to paint; to contrive

Ancestry of “vẽ”, step by step

vẽ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via French

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchThe name of the Latin-script letter V; calf; API!
2Occitanvei
3Occitanveireto see
4Latinvitrumglass; a woad; a plant used for dying blue; woad;...
5Proto-Italicwedromglass
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwedro-water-like
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwed-water
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwey-to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;...

via French vert

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvertgreen
2Old Frenchvertgreen; green, of a green color
3Latinvirdis
4Latinviridisgreen; young, fresh, lively, youthful
5Latinvireōto be verdant, green; to sprout new green growth
6Latin-idae

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesedefense; to guard
2Middle Chineseえい
3Middle Chinese

Words derived from “vẽ

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wey-Every word from Proto-Indo-European wed-Every word from Proto-Indo-European wedro-