Where does “thợ lặn” come from?

thợ lặn (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese lặn, from English lane, from Middle English lane, from Old English lane, from Proto-West Germanic lanu, from Proto-Germanic lanō — lane, passageway.

thợ lặn (Vietnamese): diver

Definitions

  1. diver

Ancestry of “thợ lặn”, step by step

thợ lặn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese lặn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselặnto dive; to hide; to set
2EnglishlaneA road, street, or similar thoroughfare; A narrow...
3Middle Englishlanelane, alley narrow passage between buildings
4Old Englishlanelane, narrow path
5Proto-West Germaniclanulane, passageway
6Proto-Germaniclanōlane, passageway

via Vietnamese thợ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethợa laborer, artisan or technician; being a worker
Every word from Proto-Germanic lanōEvery word from Proto-West Germanic lanuEvery word from Old English lane
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