Where does “vật lộn” come from?

vật lộn (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese lớn, from French galon, from Latin galum, from Vulgar Latin *galla, from Gaulish gallā, from Proto-Germanic gallǭ, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- — to flourish; green, yellow.

vật lộn (Vietnamese): to struggle (with)

Definitions

  1. to struggle (with)

Ancestry of “vật lộn”, step by step

vật lộn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese lớn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselớnbig; large; grown-up; adult; great; grand
2Frenchgalonbraid; stripe
3Latingalum—
4Vulgar Latin*galla—
5Gaulishgallāvessel
6Proto-Germanicgallǭgall, bile
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow

via Vietnamese vật

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevậtthing; object; animal; to wrestle
2Proto-Mon-Khmerkpətto struggle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gallǭ →Every word from Gaulish gallā →
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