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Where does “bàn tay” come from?

bàn tay (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese bàn, from French balle, from Middle French balle, from Italian balla, from Old French balle, from Medieval Latin balla, from Frankish balla, from Proto-Germanic balluz.

bàn tay (Vietnamese): hand; hand; participation; involvement

Definitions

  1. hand; hand; participation; involvement

Ancestry of “bàn tay”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebàntable; desk; board; to discuss; to talk over
2Frenchballeball; bullet; franc , euro
3Middle Frenchballeball; bundle
4Italianballalarge bundle, torsello, bale, reap; falsehood,...
5Old Frenchballe—
6Medieval Latinballa—
7Frankishballa—
8Proto-Germanicballuzround object, ball; ball of the hand, foot, etc
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

Words derived from “bàn tay”

  • gan bàn tay
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →