Where does “bánh mì kẹp” come from?

bánh mì kẹp (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese bánh mì, from Vietnamese bánh, from French balle, from Middle French balle, from Italian balla, from Old French balle, from Medieval Latin balla, from Frankish balla.

bánh mì kẹp (Vietnamese): sandwich

Definitions

  1. sandwich

Ancestry of “bánh mì kẹp”, step by step

bánh mì kẹp traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese bánh mì

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebánh mìbread, especially Saigon-style short baguettes...
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-

via Proto-Indo-European kep-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeankep-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-Every word from Proto-Germanic balluz