Where does “lưới lửa” come from?

lưới lửa (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese lưới, from Middle Vietnamese 䋥, from Proto-Vietic c-laːjʔ.

lưới lửa (Vietnamese): barrage, curtain of fire

Definitions

  1. barrage, curtain of fire

Ancestry of “lưới lửa”, step by step

lưới lửa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese lưới

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselướinet
2Middle Vietnamese䋥net
3Proto-Vieticc-laːjʔ—

via Vietnamese lửa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselửafire
2Proto-Vietic-laːsfire
3Proto-Mon-Khmerslaasfire, to burn
Every word from Proto-Vietic c-laːjʔ →Every word from Middle Vietnamese 䋥 →Every word from Vietnamese lưới →