Where does “vần thơ” come from?

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

vần thơ (Vietnamese): a rhyme in a verse of poetry

Definitions

  1. a rhyme in a verse of poetry

Ancestry of “vần thơ”, step by step

vần thơ 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 thơ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethơyoung, tender; poetry; a poem
2Middle Chinese
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *wol-ew-o-