Where does “lây truyền” come from?

lây truyền (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese truyền, from Middle Chinese 傳.

lây truyền (Vietnamese): to transmit (disease); to spread

Definitions

  1. to transmit (disease); to spread

Ancestry of “lây truyền”, step by step

lây truyền traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese truyền

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetruyềnto pass to; to pass down to
2Middle Chinese傳—

via Proto-Indo-European lAy-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-EuropeanlAy-—
Every word from Middle Chinese 傳 →Every word from Vietnamese truyền →