Where does “lau lách” come from?

lau lách (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese lâu, from Proto-Mon-Khmer ləwʔ.

lau lách (Vietnamese): reed tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water

Definitions

  1. reed tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water

Ancestry of “lau lách”, step by step

lau lách traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese lâu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselâulong
2Proto-Mon-Khmerləwʔ—

via Vietnamese lách

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseláchspleen; to pass through; Saccharum spontaneum,...
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ləwʔ →Every word from Vietnamese lâu →