Where does “trơ trẽn” come from?

trơ trẽn (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.

trơ trẽn (Vietnamese): shameless; brazen-faced

Definitions

  1. shameless; brazen-faced

Ancestry of “trơ trẽn”, step by step

trơ trẽn 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 trẽn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetrẽnshy; bashful; timid
2Proto-Vieticb-ləːjsky
3Proto-Mon-Khmerbriiʔsky; rain; forest
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leikʷ →