Where does “lỗ chân lông” come from?

lỗ chân lông (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese lò, from Vietnamese bỏ, from English board, from English boardrider, from English rider, from Middle English ridere, from Middle English ryder, from Old English rīdere — to fit, to fix, to put together.

lỗ chân lông (Vietnamese): a pore (a small opening in the skin for follicles)

Definitions

  1. a pore (a small opening in the skin for follicles)

Ancestry of “lỗ chân lông”, step by step

lỗ chân lông traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesekiln, furnace, oven, heater
2Vietnamesebỏto put, to place; to leave, to abandon; to quit
3EnglishboardA relatively long, wide and thin piece of any...
4Englishboardridersurfer
5EnglishriderOne who rides, often on a horse or a motorcycle;...
6Middle EnglishridereAlternative form of ryder
7Middle EnglishryderA rider or equestrian; one who rides a horse; A...
8Old Englishrīdererider, knight
9Old Englishrīdanto ride
10Proto-West Germanicrīdanto ride
11Proto-Germanicrīdanąto ride
12Proto-Indo-Europeanrēydʰ-
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via Vietnamese lòng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselòngintestines; the central region of a hand or foot;...
2Latinlongusfar, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,...
3Latinly; used to form adverbs from adjectives
4Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
5Latincalceusshoe
6Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
7Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via Vietnamese chân

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechâna foot; a leg; the lowest circumscribing area
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-