Where does “vần điệu” come from?

vần điệu (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese ván, from French valve, from Latin valva, from Proto-Italic *wolVwā-, from Proto-Indo-European *wol-ew-o-.

vần điệu (Vietnamese): rhyming

Definitions

  1. rhyming

Ancestry of “vần điệu”, step by step

vần điệu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese ván

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevána plank; a game
2Frenchvalvevalve
3Latinvalvadouble or folding door; one leaf of such doors
4Proto-Italic*wolVwā-
5Proto-Indo-European*wol-ew-o-

via Vietnamese điệu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđiệumelody, tune, air
2Middle Chinese調
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *wol-ew-o-