Where does “pa lăng” come from?

pa lăng (Vietnamese) comes from French palan, from English plan, from French plan, from French plain, from Old French plain, from Latin plēnus, from Proto-Italic plēnos, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós — to fill.

pa lăng (Vietnamese): block and tackle

Definitions

  1. block and tackle

Ancestry of “pa lăng”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpalanhoist
2EnglishplanA drawing showing technical details of a...
3Frenchplanplan; map; plane
4Frenchplainplane
5Old Frenchplainfull; plain; flat
6Latinplēnusfull; filled; complete
7Proto-Italicplēnosfull
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nósEvery word from Proto-Italic plēnos
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