Where does “giá lạnh” come from?

giá lạnh (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Lạnh, from French lin, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

giá lạnh (Vietnamese): freezing cold generally speaking

Definitions

  1. freezing cold generally speaking

Ancestry of “giá lạnh”, step by step

giá lạnh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Lạnh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseLạnh—
2Frenchlinlinen; flax
3Latinlīnumflax
4Proto-Italiclīnom—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

via Vietnamese giá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiáprice; bean sprouts; shelf
2Proto-Vietick-raː—
3Proto-Mon-Khmerkraʔroad, way
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →Every word from Proto-Italic līnom →Every word from Latin līnum →