Where does “dây lưng” come from?

dây lưng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese lưng, from Proto-Vietic k-ləŋ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer t₁lan — python.

dây lưng (Vietnamese): belt worn around the waist

Definitions

  1. belt worn around the waist

Ancestry of “dây lưng”, step by step

dây lưng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese lưng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselưngback
2Proto-Vietick-ləŋback
3Proto-Mon-Khmert₁lanpython

via Vietnamese dây

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesedâyrope; cord; wire; string
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer t₁lan →Every word from Proto-Vietic k-ləŋ →Every word from Vietnamese lưng →