Where does “ăn trưa” come from?

ăn trưa (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese trưa, from Proto-Vietic k-laː — noon, midday.

ăn trưa (Vietnamese): to have lunch, to have a noon meal

Definitions

  1. to have lunch, to have a noon meal

Ancestry of “ăn trưa”, step by step

ăn trưa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese trưa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetrưanoon, midday
2Proto-Vietick-laːnoon, midday

via Vietnamese ăn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseănto eat; Synonym of uống; to dine; to feast, to...
2Chinese安—
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