Where does “tẻ nhạt” come from?

tẻ nhạt (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese nhạt, from Proto-Vietic m-laːc — tasteless.

tẻ nhạt (Vietnamese): boring, lame, dull

Definitions

  1. boring, lame, dull

Ancestry of “tẻ nhạt”, step by step

tẻ nhạt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese nhạt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenhạttasteless or bland; bland; lame; weak; feeble;...
2Proto-Vieticm-laːctasteless

via Vietnamese tẻ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetẻnon-glutinous rice
Every word from Proto-Vietic m-laːc →Every word from Vietnamese nhạt →