Where does “nấm lùn” come from?

nấm lùn (Vietnamese) comes from Scottish Gaelic Lùn, from Scottish Gaelic Lùnastal, from Old Irish Lugnasad, from Old Irish nasad, from Polish nasadzić, from Polish sadzić, from Proto-Slavic saditi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sōdī́ˀtei — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

nấm lùn (Vietnamese): A short person

Definitions

  1. A short person

Ancestry of “nấm lùn”, step by step

nấm lùn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Scottish Gaelic Lùn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish GaelicLùnAug August
2Scottish GaelicLùnastalAugust eighth month of the Gregorian calendar
3Old IrishLugnasadLammas
4Old Irishnasadfestival
5Polishnasadzićto plant many of something
6Polishsadzićto plant
7Proto-Slavicsaditito plant
8Proto-Balto-Slavic*sōdī́ˀteito set, to plant
9Proto-Indo-Europeansodéyetito set, to seat, to cause to sit
10Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
11Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

via Vietnamese năm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenămfive; a year
2Proto-Chamic*namsix
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianənəmsix
4Proto-Austronesianənəmsix
5Proto-Austroasiatic*ənəm
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yetiEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -éyetiEvery word from Proto-Indo-European sodéyeti