Where does “đứa trẻ” come from?

đứa trẻ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đứa, from Proto-Vietic taːʔ — man, male.

đứa trẻ (Vietnamese): child

Definitions

  1. child

Ancestry of “đứa trẻ”, step by step

đứa trẻ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đứa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđứaclassifier for children
2Proto-Vietictaːʔman, male

via Vietnamese trẻ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetrẻyoung; a child; young children; infants
2Proto-Vietick-lɛː—
Every word from Proto-Vietic taːʔ →Every word from Vietnamese đứa →