Where does “ngày lễ” come from?

ngày lễ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese lễ, from Proto-Vietic k-lɛː.

ngày lễ (Vietnamese): feast day

Definitions

  1. feast day

Ancestry of “ngày lễ”, step by step

ngày lễ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese lễ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselễbribe; offering; festival, festive day, holiday;...
2Proto-Vietick-lɛː—

via Vietnamese ngày

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesengàyday; date; daytime
2Proto-Vietict-ŋarʔto snore
Every word from Proto-Vietic k-lɛː →Every word from Vietnamese lễ →