Where does “lên” come from?

lên (Vietnamese) comes from French laine, from Middle French laine, from Old French lainne, from Latin lāna, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

lên (Vietnamese): to go up, come up, rise; to be or reach a certain...

Definitions

  1. to go up, come up, rise; to be or reach a certain...

Ancestry of “lên”, step by step

lên traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French laine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlainewool
2Middle Frenchlaine—
3Old Frenchlainne—
4Latinlānawool
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂wool
6Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

via Proto-Vietic leːɲ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vieticleːɲ—
2Proto-Mon-Khmerluŋabove, on
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*rV-luŋstone

Words derived from “lên”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ →Every word from Latin lāna →