Where does “xe hai bánh” come from?
xe hai bánh (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.
xe hai bánh (Vietnamese): a two-wheeled vehicle such as a bicycle or motorcycle, as opposed to a three-wheeled one such as a rickshaw or a four-wheeled one such as a car or a truck, that is allowed on certain roads or to run certain red lights
Definitions
- a two-wheeled vehicle such as a bicycle or motorcycle, as opposed to a three-wheeled one such as a rickshaw or a four-wheeled one such as a car or a truck, that is allowed on certain roads or to run certain red lights
Ancestry of “xe hai bánh”, step by step
xe hai bánh traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese xế
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | xế | wheeled vehicle; to be sinking; to be on the... |
| 2 | French | cé | The name of the Latin-script letter C |
| 3 | Spanish | éste | this one |
| 4 | Latin | iste | that near you; those in the plural |
| 5 | Latin | hāc | this way; these; in this place (or way) |
| 6 | Latin | hīc | this; these in the plural |
| 7 | Latin | heic | — |
| 8 | Latin | hic | this; these in the plural |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | hek(e) | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰi-ḱe | this, here |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 14 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |
via Vietnamese hái
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | hái | to pluck a plant or piece of fruit for later... |
| 2 | English | Hi | a short form of Hiram |
| 3 | English | high | Elevated, extending above a base or average... |
| 4 | Middle English | heigh | high; Alternative form of hey; Alternative form... |
| 5 | Old English | hēah | high, tall, lofty, high-class, exalted, sublime,... |
| 6 | Old English | hām | home; village, community; village, hamlet, manor,... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | haim | home |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | haimaz | home; house; village |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóymos | of the home, belonging to the family; village,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱey- | to be lying down; to settle |
via Vietnamese bánh
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | bánh | any sweet, salty, or savory food prepared from... |
| 2 | French | balle | (small) ball |
| 3 | Middle French | balle | ball; bundle |
| 4 | Italian | balla | large bundle, torsello, bale, reap; falsehood,... |
| 5 | Old French | balle | — |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | balla | — |
| 7 | Frankish | balla | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | balluz | round object, ball; ball of the hand, foot, etc |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |