Where does “lớn” come from?

lớn (Vietnamese) comes from French galon, from Latin galum, from Vulgar Latin *galla, from Gaulish gallā, from Proto-Germanic gallǭ, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- — to flourish; green, yellow.

lớn (Vietnamese): big; large; grown-up; adult; great; grand

Definitions

  1. big; large; grown-up; adult; great; grand

Ancestry of “lớn”, step by step

lớn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French galon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgalonbraid; stripe
2Latingalum
3Vulgar Latin*galla
4Gaulishgallāvessel
5Proto-Germanicgallǭgall, bile
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow

via Proto-Vietic *lɔːn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vietic*lɔːn

Words derived from “lớn

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃-Every word from Proto-Germanic gallǭEvery word from Gaulish gallā