Where does “vàng son” come from?

vàng son (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Sơn, from French sol, from Spanish sol, from English Sol, from Old French sol, from Latin solidum, from Latin solidus, from Proto-Italic soliðos — whole.

vàng son (Vietnamese): golden

Definitions

  1. golden

Ancestry of “vàng son”, step by step

vàng son traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Sơn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseSơn
2Frenchsolsoil, earth; ground; floor
3Spanishsolsun; sunlight; sunny side
4EnglishSolThe Sun, the star orbited by the Earth
5Old Frenchsolalone; sol; Old French coin
6Latinsolidumsolid
7Latinsolidussolid; A solidus: a Roman ~23-carat gold coin...
8Proto-Italicsoliðos
9Proto-Indo-Europeansolh₂-i-dʰ-o-sentire
10Proto-Indo-Europeansolh₂-whole

via Vietnamese vàng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevàngyellow; gold
2Frenchvinwine
3Middle Frenchvinwine
4Old Frenchvinwine
5Latinvīnumwine
6Proto-Italicwīnomwine
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwóyh₁nomwine; vine, wine
8Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₁y-to twist, wind, weave, plait; to wrap, enclose,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European solh₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European solh₂-i-dʰ-o-sEvery word from Proto-Italic soliðos