Where does “bánh” come from?
bánh (Vietnamese) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.
bánh (Vietnamese): any sweet, salty, or savory food prepared from...
Definitions
- any sweet, salty, or savory food prepared from...
Ancestry of “bánh”, step by step
bánh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French balle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | balle | (small) ball |
| 2 | Middle French | balle | ball; bundle |
| 3 | Italian | balla | large bundle, torsello, bale, reap; falsehood,... |
| 4 | Old French | balle | — |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | balla | — |
| 6 | Frankish | balla | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | balluz | round object, ball; ball of the hand, foot, etc |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via Middle Chinese 餅
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Chinese | 餅 | — |