Where does “bánh đa cua” come from?

bánh đa cua (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cửa, from French cours, from German Kurs, from Italian corso, from Latin cohors, from Latin co-, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

bánh đa cua (Vietnamese): crab red noodle soup, a local dish from Haiphong consisting of red or white rice noodles (bánh đa đỏ hoặc trắng) and pork-based broth that is topped with a variety of ingredients such as pestled crab meat, fresh herbs, pork balls, chả lụa sausage, or ground meat wrapped with lolot leaves (lá lốt)

Definitions

  1. crab red noodle soup, a local dish from Haiphong consisting of red or white rice noodles (bánh đa đỏ hoặc trắng) and pork-based broth that is topped with a variety of ingredients such as pestled crab meat, fresh herbs, pork balls, chả lụa sausage, or ground meat wrapped with lolot leaves (lá lốt)

Ancestry of “bánh đa cua”, step by step

bánh đa cua traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese cửa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecửaa door or a window
2Frenchcoursstream of water, river; course; teaching, lesson,...
3GermanKurscourse; exchange rate, market price
4Italiancorsocourse; stream, waterway; avenue
5Latincohorsa court; a farmyard or enclosure; a retinue or...
6Latinco-allomorph of con-
7Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
8Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
9Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
10Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
12Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
13Middle Englishkyt
14Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
15Old High Germankuti
16Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
17Proto-Germanickweduzresin
18Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
19Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via Vietnamese bánh đa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebánh đaVietnamese rice paper
2Vietnamesebánhany sweet, salty, or savory food prepared from...
3Frenchballe(small) ball
4Middle Frenchballeball; bundle
5Italianballalarge bundle, torsello, bale, reap; falsehood,...
6Old Frenchballe
7Medieval Latinballa
8Frankishballa
9Proto-Germanicballuzround object, ball; ball of the hand, foot, etc
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-