Where does “trò hề” come from?

trò hề (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese trở, from Serbo-Croatian tlo, from Polish tylko, from Proto-Slavic toliko, from Proto-Slavic -liko, from Albanian lik, from Proto-Albanian lika, from Proto-Indo-European leikʷ — to leave, to remain.

trò hề (Vietnamese): buffoonery, antic, farce

Definitions

  1. buffoonery, antic, farce

Ancestry of “trò hề”, step by step

trò hề traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese trở

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetrởto turn, to change
2Serbo-Croatiantloground; floor
3Polishtylkojust, but; only, just
4Proto-Slavictolikothis much/many; neuter of *tolikъ
5Proto-Slavic-liko—
6Albanianlik—
7Proto-Albanianlika—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleikʷto leave, to remain

via Vietnamese hệ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehệsystem
2Chinese客guest
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leikʷ →