Where does “la làng” come from?

la làng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese là, from English lä, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá, from German a, from German a-Moll.

la làng (Vietnamese): to holler; to cry for help

Definitions

  1. to holler; to cry for help

Ancestry of “la làng”, step by step

la làng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesefine silk; to be; to iron
2EnglishSixth tone of the diatonic scale
3Frenchthere; here, present
4Italianthere
5Spanishlafeminine singular definite article; the
6Portuguesethere; used with an adverb phrase to indicate...
7GermanaAlternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;...
8Germana-MollA-minor
9Hungarianathe; this; that
10Frenchàto; on the, to; at
11Middle Frenchato; towards; third-person singular present...
12Old Frenchato; towards; belonging to
13LatinA
14Etruscan𐌀and, also
15Ancient Greekᾱ̔
16Phoenician𐤀ox; aleph; alef
17Egyptian𓃾

via Vietnamese làng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselàngvillage; circles; world
2Frenchflanbaked custard tart; coin die
3Old Frenchflaonflan
4Late Latinfladonem
5Latinfladō
6Frankishflaþōflat-cake; flat cake; thin fried batter cake,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₂t-broad, flat
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpelh₂-to approach
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold
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