Where does “lanh lẹ” come from?

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

lanh lẹ (Vietnamese): agile; quick

Definitions

  1. agile; quick

Ancestry of “lanh lẹ”, step by step

lanh lẹ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Lạnh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseLạnh—
2Frenchlinlinen; flax
3Latinlīnumflax
4Proto-Italiclīnom—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

via Vietnamese lễ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselễbribe; offering; festival, festive day, holiday;...
2Proto-Vietick-lɛː—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →Every word from Proto-Italic līnom →Every word from Latin līnum →