Where does “vịt giời” come from?
vịt giời (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese vịt, from Proto-Vietic viːt — duck.
vịt giời (Vietnamese): a daughter, whom a family may be disappointed to have because of patriarchy (that favors boys to take care of their immediate families and extended families, and to maintain their family names), or who may possess disapproved stereotypically feminine qualities such as talkativeness, whining and nagg
Definitions
- a daughter, whom a family may be disappointed to have because of patriarchy (that favors boys to take care of their immediate families and extended families, and to maintain their family names), or who may possess disapproved stereotypically feminine qualities such as talkativeness, whining and nagg
Ancestry of “vịt giời”, step by step
vịt giời traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese giời
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | giời | kind of phosphorescent centipede |