Where does “chiến tranh lạnh” come from?
chiến tranh lạnh (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Lạnh, from French lin, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.
chiến tranh lạnh (Vietnamese): cold war
Definitions
- cold war
Ancestry of “chiến tranh lạnh”, step by step
chiến tranh lạnh traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese Lạnh
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | Lạnh | — |
| 2 | French | lin | linen; flax |
| 3 | Latin | līnum | flax |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | līnom | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | līnom | flax |
via Vietnamese chiến tranh
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | chiến tranh | war; warfare |
via Vietnamese [[chiến tranh
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | [[chiến tranh | — |