Where does “bánh ướt” come from?

bánh ướt (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese bánh, 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.

bánh ướt (Vietnamese): bánh ướt Vietnamese flat rice noodle dish

Definitions

  1. bánh ướt Vietnamese flat rice noodle dish

Ancestry of “bánh ướt”, step by step

bánh ướt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese bánh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebánhany sweet, salty, or savory food prepared from...
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 ướt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseướtwet
2Proto-Mon-Khmerkʔaacwet
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-Every word from Proto-Germanic balluz