Where does “yên lành” come from?
yên lành (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Lạnh, from French lin, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.
yên lành (Vietnamese): peaceful; calm
Ancestry of “yên lành”, step by step
yên lành traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese Lạnh
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | Lạnh | — |
| 2 | French | lin | linen; flax |
| 3 | Latin | līnum | flax |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | līnom | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | līnom | flax |
via Vietnamese yên
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | yên | tranquil; peaceful; still and not disrupting;... |
| 2 | English | yen | The unit of Japanese currency since 1871,... |
| 3 | Japanese | 円 | a round or circular object; a circle; roundness;... |
| 4 | Chinese | 圓 | circular, round; yuan, yen, dollar; round |