Where does “trẻ em” come from?

trẻ em (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese em, from Proto-Vietic ʔɛːm, from Proto-Mon-Khmer (sʔ)iəm.

trẻ em (Vietnamese): children; kids

Definitions

  1. children; kids

Ancestry of “trẻ em”, step by step

trẻ em traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese em

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseemyounger sibling; I/me, someone who's presumably a...
2Proto-Vieticʔɛːm—
3Proto-Mon-Khmer(sʔ)iəm—

via Vietnamese trẻ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetrẻyoung; a child; young children; infants
2Proto-Vietick-lɛː—

Words derived from “trẻ em”

Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer (sʔ)iəm →Every word from Proto-Vietic ʔɛːm →Every word from Vietnamese em →