Where does “mềm dẻo” come from?

mềm dẻo (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese dẻo, from Latin deeo, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti, from Proto-Indo-European pósti — afterwards, post; by, at.

mềm dẻo (Vietnamese): flexible; malleable; pliable

Definitions

  1. flexible; malleable; pliable

Ancestry of “mềm dẻo”, step by step

mềm dẻo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese dẻo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesedẻoflexible; malleable; soft; pliable
2LatindeeoI depart
3Latindē-of; from
4Latinof; concerning; about
5Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
6Latinposteablative singular of postis
7Proto-Italicpostibehind, after
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpóstiafter
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at

via Vietnamese mềm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemềmsoft
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pósEvery word from Latin dē-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pósti