Where does “បាញ់កាញ់” come from?
បាញ់កាញ់ (Khmer) comes from Vietnamese bánh canh, from Vietnamese bánh, from French balle, from Middle French balle, from Italian balla, from Old French balle, from Medieval Latin balla, from Frankish balla.
បាញ់កាញ់ (Khmer): flat rice noodles
Definitions
- flat rice noodles
Ancestry of “បាញ់កាញ់”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | bánh canh | A thick Vietnamese noodle that can be made from tapioca flour or a mixture of rice and tapioca flour |
| 2 | Vietnamese | bánh | any sweet, salty, or savory food prepared from... |
| 3 | French | balle | (small) ball |
| 4 | Middle French | balle | ball; bundle |
| 5 | Italian | balla | large bundle, torsello, bale, reap; falsehood,... |
| 6 | Old French | balle | — |
| 7 | Medieval Latin | balla | — |
| 8 | Frankish | balla | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | balluz | round object, ball; ball of the hand, foot, etc |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |