Where does “chú lùn” come from?

chú lùn (Vietnamese) comes from Scottish Gaelic Lùn, from Scottish Gaelic Lùnastal, from Old Irish Lugnasad, from Old Irish nasad, from Polish nasadzić, from Polish sadzić, from Proto-Slavic saditi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sōdī́ˀtei — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

chú lùn (Vietnamese): a short humanoid creature, usually a dwarf

Definitions

  1. a short humanoid creature, usually a dwarf

Ancestry of “chú lùn”, step by step

chú lùn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Scottish Gaelic Lùn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish GaelicLùnAug August
2Scottish GaelicLùnastalAugust eighth month of the Gregorian calendar
3Old IrishLugnasadLammas
4Old Irishnasadfestival
5Polishnasadzićto plant many of something
6Polishsadzićto plant
7Proto-Slavicsaditito plant
8Proto-Balto-Slavic*sōdī́ˀteito set, to plant
9Proto-Indo-Europeansodéyetito set, to seat, to cause to sit
10Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
11Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

via Vietnamese chữ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechữalphabet, writing system, script; letter,...
2Proto-Vieticcuːʔgrandchild; father's younger brother
3Proto-Mon-Khmercuuʔgrandchild
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti