Where does “duyên nợ” come from?

duyên nợ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese nổ, from Vietnamese lò, from Vietnamese bỏ, from English board, from English boardrider, from English rider, from Middle English ridere, from Middle English ryder — to fit, to fix, to put together.

duyên nợ (Vietnamese): (debt-like) predestined love tie

Definitions

  1. (debt-like) predestined love tie

Ancestry of “duyên nợ”, step by step

duyên nợ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese nổ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenổto explode; to pop; to burst
2Vietnamesekiln, furnace, oven, heater
3Vietnamesebỏto put, to place; to leave, to abandon; to quit
4EnglishboardA relatively long, wide and thin piece of any...
5Englishboardridersurfer
6EnglishriderOne who rides, often on a horse or a motorcycle;...
7Middle EnglishridereAlternative form of ryder
8Middle EnglishryderA rider or equestrian; one who rides a horse; A...
9Old Englishrīdererider, knight
10Old Englishrīdanto ride
11Proto-West Germanicrīdanto ride
12Proto-Germanicrīdanąto ride
13Proto-Indo-Europeanrēydʰ-
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via Vietnamese duyên

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseduyênthe predestined tie that is believed to have...
2Chinese
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-