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Where does “lửa” come from?

lửa (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Vietic -laːs, from Proto-Mon-Khmer slaas — fire, to burn.

lửa (Vietnamese): fire

Definitions

  1. fire

Ancestry of “lửa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vietic-laːsfire
2Proto-Mon-Khmerslaasfire, to burn

Words derived from “lửa”

  • tên lửa
  • kiến lửa
  • hét ra lửa
  • bật lửa
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