Where does “lá” come from?

lá (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Vietic s-laːʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer slaʔ — leaf.

lá (Vietnamese): a leaf; green

Definitions

  1. a leaf; green

Ancestry of “lá”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vietics-laːʔleaf
2Proto-Mon-Khmerslaʔleaf
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer slaʔ →Every word from Proto-Vietic s-laːʔ →