Where does “trẻ thơ” come from?

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

trẻ thơ (Vietnamese): a little kid; a small child

Definitions

  1. a little kid; a small child

Ancestry of “trẻ thơ”, step by step

trẻ thơ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese trẻ

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

via Vietnamese thơ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethơyoung, tender; poetry; a poem
2Middle Chinese詩—
Every word from Proto-Vietic k-lɛː →