Where does “buôn lậu” come from?

buôn lậu (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Buôn, from Chinese 販, from Old Chinese 反, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan par — to trade; to buy; to sell.

buôn lậu (Vietnamese): to smuggle; to traffic

Definitions

  1. to smuggle; to traffic

Ancestry of “buôn lậu”, step by step

buôn lậu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Buôn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseBuôn—
2Chinese販—
3Old Chinese反—
4Proto-Sino-Tibetanparto trade; to buy; to sell

via Vietnamese lâu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselâulong
2Proto-Mon-Khmerləwʔ—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan par →Every word from Old Chinese 反 →Every word from Chinese 販 →