Where does “trơn trượt” come from?

trơn trượt (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese trơn, from Proto-Vietic *k-lǝːn.

trơn trượt (Vietnamese): slippery; slimy

Definitions

  1. slippery; slimy

Ancestry of “trơn trượt”, step by step

trơn trượt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese trơn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetrơnslippery; smooth
2Proto-Vietic*k-lǝːn

via Vietnamese trượt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetrượtto slip
Every word from Proto-Vietic *k-lǝːn
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