Where does “tiền lẻ” come from?

tiền lẻ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese lễ, from Proto-Vietic k-lɛː.

tiền lẻ (Vietnamese): change; change; one of the small denominations of...

Definitions

  1. change; change; one of the small denominations of...

Ancestry of “tiền lẻ”, step by step

tiền lẻ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese lễ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselễbribe; offering; festival, festive day, holiday;...
2Proto-Vietick-lɛː—

via Vietnamese tiền

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetiềnmoney; pre-
2Chinese錢—
Every word from Proto-Vietic k-lɛː →