Where does “lưỡi liềm” come from?

lưỡi liềm (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese liềm, from Chinese 鐮, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-rjam — sharp, pointed.

lưỡi liềm (Vietnamese): a sickle; reaping hook; grasshook

Definitions

  1. a sickle; reaping hook; grasshook

Ancestry of “lưỡi liềm”, step by step

lưỡi liềm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese liềm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseliềma sickle
2Chinese鐮—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetans-rjamsharp, pointed

via Vietnamese lưỡi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselưỡia tongue; a blade; a cutting edge
2Proto-Vieticlaːstongue

Words derived from “lưỡi liềm”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-rjam →Every word from Chinese 鐮 →Every word from Vietnamese liềm →