Where does “ngon lành” come from?

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

ngon lành (Vietnamese): tasty; delicious generally speaking

Definitions

  1. tasty; delicious generally speaking

Ancestry of “ngon lành”, step by step

ngon lành traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Lạnh

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

via Vietnamese ngón

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesengóna digit
2Proto-Vieticŋɔːnʔtip; end
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →Every word from Proto-Italic līnom →Every word from Latin līnum →