Where does “trượt ván” come from?

trượt ván (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese ván, from French valve, from Latin valva, from Proto-Italic *wolVwā-, from Proto-Indo-European *wol-ew-o-.

trượt ván (Vietnamese): skateboarding

Definitions

  1. skateboarding

Ancestry of “trượt ván”, step by step

trượt ván traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese ván

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevána plank; a game
2Frenchvalvevalve
3Latinvalvadouble or folding door; one leaf of such doors
4Proto-Italic*wolVwā-—
5Proto-Indo-European*wol-ew-o-—

via Vietnamese trượt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetrượtto slip
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *wol-ew-o- →Every word from Proto-Italic *wolVwā- →Every word from Latin valva →