Where does “xế chiều” come from?

xế chiều (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese xế, from French cé, from Spanish éste, from Latin iste, from Latin hāc, from Latin hīc, from Latin heic, from Latin hic — whale, sea monster; abyss.

xế chiều (Vietnamese): sunset; twilight

Definitions

  1. sunset; twilight

Ancestry of “xế chiều”, step by step

xế chiều traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese xế

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesexếwheeled vehicle; to be sinking; to be on the...
2FrenchcéThe name of the Latin-script letter C
3Spanishéstethis one
4Latinistethat near you; those in the plural
5Latinhācthis way; these; in this place (or way)
6Latinhīcthis; these in the plural
7Latinheic—
8Latinhicthis; these in the plural
9Proto-Italichek(e)—
10Proto-Indo-Europeangʰi-ḱethis, here
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
12Middle Englishkyt—
13Russianкитwhale; genitive plural of ки́та
14Old Church Slavonicкитъwhale
15Ancient Greekκῆτοςwhale, sea monster; abyss

via Vietnamese chiều

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechiềuafternoon; the direction from one point in space...
2Middle Chinese朝—
Every word from Ancient Greek κῆτος →Every word from Old Church Slavonic китъ →Every word from Russian кит →