Where does “hét ra lửa” come from?

hét ra lửa (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese rà, from Latin rēx, from Proto-Italic rēks, from Proto-Indo-European h₃rḗǵs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ- — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.

hét ra lửa (Vietnamese): to scream fire; to be very important and hold...

Definitions

  1. to scream fire; to be very important and hold...

Ancestry of “hét ra lửa”, step by step

hét ra lửa traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseto check
2Latinrēxking, ruler
3Proto-Italicrēksking
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃rḗǵsking, ruler
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵ-to straighten, to right oneself; right; just

via Vietnamese lửa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselửafire
2Proto-Vietic-laːsfire
3Proto-Mon-Khmerslaasfire, to burn

via Vietnamese hét

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehétto shout; to scream; thrush
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃rḗǵsEvery word from Proto-Italic rēks