Where does “khinh lờn” come from?

khinh lờn (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese lớn, from French galon, from Latin galum, from Vulgar Latin *galla, from Gaulish gallā, from Proto-Germanic gallǭ, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- — to flourish; green, yellow.

khinh lờn (Vietnamese): disrespectful

Definitions

  1. disrespectful

Ancestry of “khinh lờn”, step by step

khinh lờn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese lớn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselớnbig; large; grown-up; adult; great; grand
2Frenchgalonbraid; stripe
3Latingalum—
4Vulgar Latin*galla—
5Gaulishgallāvessel
6Proto-Germanicgallǭgall, bile
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow

via Vietnamese khinh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesekhinhto scorn
2Chinese氫—
3Chinese Mandarin氣—
4Middle Chinese氣spirit; breath
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gallǭ →Every word from Gaulish gallā →