Where does “nà lẹng” come from?

nà lẹng (Tày) comes from Proto-Indo-European leng-, from Proto-Indo-European lenk- — to bend.

nà lẹng (Tày): paddy fields under droughts

Definitions

  1. paddy fields under droughts

Ancestry of “nà lẹng”, step by step

nà lẹng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European leng-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanleng-to swing, to flap
2Proto-Indo-Europeanlenk-to bend

via Tày nả

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tàynảcrossbow
2Proto-Tainaːᴬpaddy field
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lenk- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European leng- →