Where does “vẩn đục” come from?

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

vẩn đục (Vietnamese): turbid

Definitions

  1. turbid

Ancestry of “vẩn đục”, step by step

vẩn đục 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 đục

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđụcto carve, to chisel; to drill; not clear; murky,...
2Proto-Vieticduːk—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *wol-ew-o- →