Where does “cãi lộn” come from?

cãi lộn (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese lớn, from French galon, from Latin galum, from Vulgar Latin *galla, from Gaulish gallā, from Proto-Germanic gallǭ, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- — to flourish; green, yellow.

cãi lộn (Vietnamese): to quarrel, to have a verbal altercation

Definitions

  1. to quarrel, to have a verbal altercation

Ancestry of “cãi lộn”, step by step

cãi lộn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese lớn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselớnbig; large; grown-up; adult; great; grand
2Frenchgalonbraid; stripe
3Latingalum—
4Vulgar Latin*galla—
5Gaulishgallāvessel
6Proto-Germanicgallǭgall, bile
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow

via Vietnamese cái

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecáia thing; a whatsit; the solid bits of a broth;...
2Proto-Vietic-keːʔwoman, female
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gallǭ →Every word from Gaulish gallā →