Where does “lạc đường” come from?

lạc đường (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Đường, from Proto-Southwestern Tai daːŋᴬ², from Middle Chinese 唐.

lạc đường (Vietnamese): to get lost, to be lost

Definitions

  1. to get lost, to be lost

Ancestry of “lạc đường”, step by step

lạc đường traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Đường

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseĐườngrelated to Tang
2Proto-Southwestern Taidaːŋᴬ²road; way
3Middle Chinese唐—

via Vietnamese lạc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselạclost; peanut, groundnut; stray
2Middle Chinese落—
Every word from Middle Chinese 唐 →Every word from Proto-Southwestern Tai daːŋᴬ² →Every word from Vietnamese Đường →