Where does “dầu nhẹ” come from?

dầu nhẹ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese nhẹ, from Proto-Vietic -ɲɛːlʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer (s)ɟaal.

dầu nhẹ (Vietnamese): light oil

Definitions

  1. light oil

Ancestry of “dầu nhẹ”, step by step

dầu nhẹ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese nhẹ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenhẹlight; gentle; mild; not severe
2Proto-Vietic-ɲɛːlʔlight
3Proto-Mon-Khmer(s)ɟaal—

via Vietnamese dầu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesedầuoil; "Dipterocarpus"
2Middle Chinese油—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer (s)ɟaal →Every word from Proto-Vietic -ɲɛːlʔ →Every word from Vietnamese nhẹ →