Where does “xe trượt tuyết” come from?

xe trượt tuyết (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 trượt tuyết (Vietnamese): sledge

Definitions

  1. sledge

Ancestry of “xe trượt tuyết”, step by step

xe trượt tuyết traces back through 3 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 Tuyết

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseTuyết—
2Middle Chinese雪—

via Vietnamese trượt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetrượtto slip
Every word from Ancient Greek κῆτος →Every word from Old Church Slavonic китъ →Every word from Russian кит →