Where does “lặn” come from?

lặn (Vietnamese) comes from English lane, from Middle English lane, from Old English lane, from Proto-West Germanic lanu, from Proto-Germanic lanō — lane, passageway.

lặn (Vietnamese): to dive; to hide; to set

Definitions

  1. to dive; to hide; to set

Ancestry of “lặn”, step by step

lặn traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English lane

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlaneA road, street, or similar thoroughfare; A narrow...
2Middle Englishlanelane, alley narrow passage between buildings
3Old Englishlanelane, narrow path
4Proto-West Germaniclanulane, passageway
5Proto-Germaniclanōlane, passageway

via Proto-Vietic p-laːɲ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vieticp-laːɲto overflow
2Proto-Vieticp-causative prefix

via Vietnamese kì lân

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesekì lânqilin; unicorn
2Chinese麒麟qilin; outstanding person; man of ability;...

Words derived from “lặn

Every word from Proto-Germanic lanōEvery word from Proto-West Germanic lanuEvery word from Old English lane