Where does “ma-lanh” come from?

ma-lanh (Vietnamese) comes from French malin, from Latin malignus, from Latin male, from Latin malus, from Ancient Greek μηλέα, from Ancient Greek μῆλον, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- — small animal”; small animal.

ma-lanh (Vietnamese): which is smart and quick-thinking, and often a...

Definitions

  1. which is smart and quick-thinking, and often a...

Ancestry of “ma-lanh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmalinsmart and quick-thinking, and often a trickster;...
2Latinmalignuswicked, malicious; spiteful; malignant, malign
3Latinmalebadly; wrongly; cruelly, wickedly
4Latinmalusunpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;...
5Ancient Greekμηλέαapple tree
6Ancient Greekμῆλονapple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast
7Proto-Indo-European(s)meh₁l-small animal”; small animal
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l-Every word from Ancient Greek μῆλονEvery word from Ancient Greek μηλέα