Where does “trôi chảy” come from?

trôi chảy (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese chạy, from Proto-Vietic ciːʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer ciiʔ — louse.

trôi chảy (Vietnamese): fluent

Definitions

  1. fluent

Ancestry of “trôi chảy”, step by step

trôi chảy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese chạy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechạyto run
2Proto-Vieticciːʔhead louse
3Proto-Mon-Khmerciiʔlouse

via Vietnamese trôi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetrôito drift, float along
2Proto-Vietic*c-loːj—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ciiʔ →Every word from Proto-Vietic ciːʔ →Every word from Vietnamese chạy →
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