Where does “kiến lửa” come from?

kiến lửa (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese lửa, from Proto-Vietic -laːs, from Proto-Mon-Khmer slaas — fire, to burn.

kiến lửa (Vietnamese): a fire ant

Definitions

  1. a fire ant

Ancestry of “kiến lửa”, step by step

kiến lửa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese lửa

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

via Vietnamese kiến

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesekiếnant
2Proto-Vieticgɛːnʔ—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer slaas →Every word from Proto-Vietic -laːs →Every word from Vietnamese lửa →