Where does “lửa trại” come from?

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

lửa trại (Vietnamese): a campfire

Definitions

  1. a campfire

Ancestry of “lửa trại”, step by step

lửa trại traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese lửa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselửafire
2Proto-Vietic-laːsfire
3Proto-Mon-Khmerslaasfire, to burn

via Vietnamese trái

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetráileft; reverse; morally wrong, unreasonable,...
2Proto-Vieticp-laːsfathom
3Proto-Mon-Khmerlaasto spread; to extend
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer slaas →Every word from Proto-Vietic -laːs →Every word from Vietnamese lửa →