Where does “trẻ” come from?

trẻ (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Vietic k-lɛː.

trẻ (Vietnamese): young; a child; young children; infants

Definitions

  1. young; a child; young children; infants

Ancestry of “trẻ”, step by step

trẻ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Vietic k-lɛː

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vietick-lɛː—

via Middle Vietnamese tlẻ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Vietnamesetlẻyoung

via Proto-Vietic c-lɛːl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vieticc-lɛːl—

Words derived from “trẻ”

Every word from Proto-Vietic k-lɛː →