Where does “nả bang” come from?

nả bang (Tày) comes from Proto-Germanic bang-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰen- — to beat, hit, injure; to hit, strike, injure; to...

nả bang (Tày): shy, timid, ashamed, embarrassed

Definitions

  1. shy, timid, ashamed, embarrassed

Ancestry of “nả bang”, step by step

nả bang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic bang-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbang-to bang; pound; beat
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰen-to beat, hit, injure; to hit, strike, injure; to...

via Tày nả

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tàynảcrossbow
2Proto-Tainaːᴬpaddy field
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰen- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bang- →