Where does “au làng” come from?

au làng (Tày) comes from Vietnamese làng, from French flan, from Old French flaon, from Late Latin fladonem, from Latin fladō, from Frankish flaþō, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₂t-, from Proto-Indo-European pelh₂- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.

au làng (Tày): to breed; to inseminate

Definitions

  1. to breed; to inseminate

Ancestry of “au làng”, step by step

au làng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese làng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselàngvillage; circles; world
2Frenchflanbaked custard tart; coin die
3Old Frenchflaonflan
4Late Latinfladonem
5Latinfladō
6Frankishflaþōflat-cake; flat cake; thin fried batter cake,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₂t-broad, flat
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpelh₂-to approach
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold

via Tày au

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tàyauto take; to seize; to receive
2Proto-Taiʔawᴬto take
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pelh₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₂t-