Where does “đâm ra” come from?

đâm ra (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese rà, from Latin rēx, from Proto-Italic rēks, from Proto-Indo-European h₃rḗǵs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ- — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.

đâm ra (Vietnamese): to turn into (usually something bad or worse), to become

Definitions

  1. to turn into (usually something bad or worse), to become

Ancestry of “đâm ra”, step by step

đâm ra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseto check
2Latinrēxking, ruler
3Proto-Italicrēksking
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃rḗǵsking, ruler
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵ-to straighten, to right oneself; right; just

via Vietnamese đâm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđâmto stab; to thrust
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃rḗǵsEvery word from Proto-Italic rēks