Where does “tàu lượn” come from?

tàu lượn (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Tàu, from Vietnamese Ba Tàu, from Vietnamese ba, from Proto-Vietic paː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer piʔ.

tàu lượn (Vietnamese): {{l|en|a glider (a type of aircraft without an engine)

Definitions

  1. {{l|en|a glider (a type of aircraft without an engine)

Ancestry of “tàu lượn”, step by step

tàu lượn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Tàu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseTàuChinese; Chink
2VietnameseBa TàuOf or pertaining to ethnic Chinese people in...
3Vietnamesebafather; three; secondborn
4Proto-Vieticpaːthree
5Proto-Mon-Khmerpiʔ—

via Vietnamese lượn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselượnto soar; to hover; to glide
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer piʔ →Every word from Proto-Vietic paː →Every word from Vietnamese ba →