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Where does “từ láy” come from?

từ láy (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese từ, from Chinese 字, from Chinese 母, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *məʔ.

từ láy (Vietnamese): a "phonemic reduplicative," a multisyllabic word ...

Definitions

  1. a "phonemic reduplicative," a multisyllabic word ...

Ancestry of “từ láy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetừfrom, since; at, in; word
2Chinese字—
3Chinese母—
4Proto-Sino-Tibetan*məʔ—

Words derived from “từ láy”

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