Where does “trẽn” come from?

trẽn (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Vietic b-ləːj, from Proto-Mon-Khmer briiʔ — sky; rain; forest.

trẽn (Vietnamese): shy; bashful; timid

Definitions

  1. shy; bashful; timid

Ancestry of “trẽn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vieticb-ləːjsky
2Proto-Mon-Khmerbriiʔsky; rain; forest

Words derived from “trẽn”

Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer briiʔ →