Where does “kính râm” come from?

kính râm (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese rắm, from French rame, from French ramer, from Middle French ramer, from Old French ramer, from Old French raim, from Latin rāmus, from Proto-Italic *wrād-mo- — root.

kính râm (Vietnamese): sunglasses

Definitions

  1. sunglasses

Ancestry of “kính râm”, step by step

kính râm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese rắm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameserắma fart
2Frenchrameoar, paddle; ream; train; "now especially" refers...
3Frenchramerto row
4Middle Frenchramer
5Old Frenchramer
6Old Frenchraimbranch
7Latinrāmus
8Proto-Italic*wrād-mo-
9Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot

via Vietnamese kính

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesekínhglass; eyeglasses; a mirror
2Chinese
3Proto-Sino-Tibetans-gaŋhill, ridge, mountain
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds