Where does “chỉ trỏ” come from?

chỉ trỏ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese trở, from Serbo-Croatian tlo, from Polish tylko, from Proto-Slavic toliko, from Proto-Slavic -liko, from Albanian lik, from Proto-Albanian lika, from Proto-Indo-European leikʷ — to leave, to remain.

chỉ trỏ (Vietnamese): to point (at); to point out (with one's fingers)

Definitions

  1. to point (at); to point out (with one's fingers)

Ancestry of “chỉ trỏ”, step by step

chỉ trỏ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese trở

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetrởto turn, to change
2Serbo-Croatiantloground; floor
3Polishtylkojust, but; only, just
4Proto-Slavictolikothis much/many; neuter of *tolikъ
5Proto-Slavic-liko—
6Albanianlik—
7Proto-Albanianlika—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleikʷto leave, to remain

via Vietnamese chí

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechíwill; spirit; Central Vietnam and Southern...
2Proto-Bahnaricciːhead louse
3Proto-Mon-Khmerciiʔlouse
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