Where does “đỉa hẹ” come from?

đỉa hẹ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đỉa, from Proto-Vietic l-dɛh — water leech.

đỉa hẹ (Vietnamese): kind of small leech

Definitions

  1. kind of small leech

Ancestry of “đỉa hẹ”, step by step

đỉa hẹ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đỉa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđỉaa leech
2Proto-Vieticl-dɛhwater leech

via Vietnamese hệ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehệsystem
2Chinese客guest
Every word from Proto-Vietic l-dɛh →Every word from Vietnamese đỉa →