Where does “rối” come from?

rối (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Vietic p-rɔːj.

rối (Vietnamese): Short for con rối; tangled; ravelled; entangled;...

Definitions

  1. Short for con rối; tangled; ravelled; entangled;...

Ancestry of “rối”, step by step

rối traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Vietic p-rɔːj

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vieticp-rɔːj

via Middle Chinese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese

via Proto-Austroasiatic *rə:j

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austroasiatic*rə:j

Words derived from “rối

Every word from Proto-Vietic p-rɔːj