Where does “lâu” come from?

lâu (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Mon-Khmer ləwʔ.

lâu (Vietnamese): long

Definitions

  1. long

Ancestry of “lâu”, step by step

lâu traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Mon-Khmer ləwʔ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Mon-Khmerləwʔ—

via Chinese 樓

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese樓building

via Proto-Vietic k-luː

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vietick-luː—

Words derived from “lâu”

Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ləwʔ →