Where does “châm dầu vào lửa” come from?

châm dầu vào lửa (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese lửa, from Proto-Vietic -laːs, from Proto-Mon-Khmer slaas — fire, to burn.

châm dầu vào lửa (Vietnamese): to add more anger to an argument or quarrel

Definitions

  1. to add more anger to an argument or quarrel

Ancestry of “châm dầu vào lửa”, step by step

châm dầu vào lửa traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese lửa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselửafire
2Proto-Vietic-laːsfire
3Proto-Mon-Khmerslaasfire, to burn

via Vietnamese vào

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevàoto enter; to go southwards in Vietnam; to become...
2Middle Vietnamese𠓨to enter; in, into, upon

via Vietnamese dầu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesedầuoil; "Dipterocarpus"
2Middle Chinese油—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer slaas →Every word from Proto-Vietic -laːs →Every word from Vietnamese lửa →