Where does “tốt lành” come from?

tốt lành (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Lạnh, from French lin, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

tốt lành (Vietnamese): benevolent; favorable; beneficial

Definitions

  1. benevolent; favorable; beneficial

Ancestry of “tốt lành”, step by step

tốt lành traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Lạnh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseLạnh—
2Frenchlinlinen; flax
3Latinlīnumflax
4Proto-Italiclīnom—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

via Vietnamese tốt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetốtgood; very dense or long, more so than it should...
2Chinese卒—
3Chinese遭—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →Every word from Proto-Italic līnom →Every word from Latin līnum →