Where does “lạnh lùng” come from?

lạnh lùng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Lạnh, from French lin, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

lạnh lùng (Vietnamese): cold; indifferent; unfriendly

Definitions

  1. cold; indifferent; unfriendly

Ancestry of “lạnh lùng”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseLạnh—
2Frenchlinlinen; flax
3Latinlīnumflax
4Proto-Italiclīnom—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →Every word from Proto-Italic līnom →Every word from Latin līnum →