Where does “trơn tuột” come from?

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

trơn tuột (Vietnamese): slippery

Definitions

  1. slippery

Ancestry of “trơn tuột”, step by step

trơn tuột traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese trơn

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

via Vietnamese tuột

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetuộtto slip; to slip out of alignment; to come off; to slide
Every word from Proto-Vietic *k-lǝːn →