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-
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