Where does “đá lạnh” come from?
đá lạnh (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Lạnh, from French lin, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.
đá lạnh (Vietnamese): ice cube
Ancestry of “đá lạnh”, step by step
đá lạnh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese Lạnh
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | Lạnh | — |
| 2 | French | lin | linen; flax |
| 3 | Latin | līnum | flax |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | līnom | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | līnom | flax |
via Vietnamese đá
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | đá | rock, stone; ice as used for consumption or... |
| 2 | Chinese | 肚 | — |
| 3 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | l-tjwa | mouth; beak; food; stomach; mouth, beak, food,... |