Where does “bán buôn” come from?

bán buôn (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.

bán buôn (Vietnamese): to sell wholesale; to trade

Definitions

  1. to sell wholesale; to trade

Ancestry of “bán buôn”, step by step

bán buôn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese bàn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebàntable; desk; board; to discuss; to talk over
2Frenchballe(small) ball
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-—

via Vietnamese Buôn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseBuôn—
2Chinese販—
3Old Chinese反—
4Proto-Sino-Tibetanparto trade; to buy; to sell
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic balluz →