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Where does “xì trum” come from?

xì trum (Vietnamese) comes from French schtroumpf, from German strumpf, from Middle High German strumpf, from Old High German *strumpf, from Proto-Germanic strumpaz — stem, stalk.

xì trum (Vietnamese): smurf

Definitions

  1. smurf

Ancestry of “xì trum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchschtroumpfsmurf; smurfy
2Germanstrumpf—
3Middle High Germanstrumpf—
4Old High German*strumpf—
5Proto-Germanicstrumpazstem, stalk
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