Where does “trò nhời” come from?

trò nhời (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 nhời (Vietnamese): kind of theatrical play related to chèo

Definitions

  1. kind of theatrical play related to chèo

Ancestry of “trò nhời”, step by step

trò nhời 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 nhời

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenhời
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leikʷ