lằng

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lang"

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *-laŋ (“bluebottle fly”), from Old Chinese 蠅 (OC *m-rəŋ, “housefly”) (B-S) (SV: dăng). Chut [Rục] cognate məlaŋ¹ suggests the presence of pre-syllable *m- in Proto-Vietic.

This is an example of a Sinitic loanword borrowed at the stage when the shift *m-r- > *m-l-[1] already happened. Compare lẽ (“reason”) < Middle Vietnamese mlẽ, from Chinese 理 (lǐ) (phonetic 里 (OC *m(ə).rəʔ)).

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier con) lằng • (䗀)

  1. common green bottle fly (Lucilia sericata)
    Synonyms: nhặng, ruồi lằng

References

  1. ^ Baxter, William H., Sagart, Laurent (2014) Old Chinese:A New Reconstruction, page 122
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