Where does “rời rạc” come from?

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

rời rạc (Vietnamese): disconnected; fragmented; disjointed

Definitions

  1. disconnected; fragmented; disjointed

Ancestry of “rời rạc”, step by step

rời rạc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese rối

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameserốiShort for con rối; tangled; ravelled; entangled;...
2Proto-Vieticp-rɔːj—

via Vietnamese rạc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameserạcto wear thin, to be dead tired
Every word from Proto-Vietic p-rɔːj →Every word from Vietnamese rối →