Where does “Lạnh” come from?

Lạnh (Vietnamese) comes from French lin, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

Ancestry of “Lạnh”, step by step

Lạnh traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via French lin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlinlinen; flax
2Latinlīnumflax
3Proto-Italiclīnom—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

via Middle Chinese 令

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese令—

via Middle Chinese 冷

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese冷—

Words derived from “Lạnh”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →Every word from Proto-Italic līnom →Every word from Latin līnum →