Where does “roi vọt” come from?

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

roi vọt (Vietnamese): cane, rod used for beating; whipping, flogging

Definitions

  1. cane, rod used for beating; whipping, flogging

Ancestry of “roi vọt”, step by step

roi vọt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese rối

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

via Vietnamese vọt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevọtto run, to flee quickly
Every word from Proto-Vietic p-rɔːj →Every word from Vietnamese rối →