Where does “ốc len” come from?

ốc len (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese lên, from French laine, from Middle French laine, from Old French lainne, from Latin lāna, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

ốc len (Vietnamese): obtuse horn shell (Cerithidea obtusa)

Definitions

  1. obtuse horn shell (Cerithidea obtusa)

Ancestry of “ốc len”, step by step

ốc len traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese lên

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselênto go up, come up, rise; to be or reach a certain...
2Frenchlainewool
3Middle Frenchlaine—
4Old Frenchlainne—
5Latinlānawool
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂wool
7Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

via Vietnamese ốc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseốca mollusk with a spiral shell; a nut
2Proto-Vieticʔoːksnail
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ →Every word from Latin lāna →