Where does “lỡ đường” come from?

lỡ đường (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.

lỡ đường (Vietnamese): to get lost; to lose one's way; to take the wrong route (when navigating roads etc.)

Definitions

  1. to get lost; to lose one's way; to take the wrong route (when navigating roads etc.)

Ancestry of “lỡ đường”, step by step

lỡ đường traces back through two 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 Đường

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseĐườngrelated to Tang
2Proto-Southwestern Taidaːŋᴬ²road; way
3Middle Chinese
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-