Where does “máu lạnh” come from?

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

máu lạnh (Vietnamese): cold-blooded

Definitions

  1. cold-blooded

Ancestry of “máu lạnh”, step by step

máu lạnh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Lạnh

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

via Vietnamese máu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemáublood; an inherent trait; health
2Proto-Celtic*māyūs—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →Every word from Proto-Italic līnom →Every word from Latin līnum →