Where does “bánh trôi nước” come from?

bánh trôi nước (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 trôi nước (Vietnamese): a Vietnamese dessert

Definitions

  1. a Vietnamese dessert

Ancestry of “bánh trôi nước”, step by step

bánh trôi nước traces back through 3 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 nước

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenướcwater; liquid; fluid; the liquid part of a broth
2Proto-Vieticɗaːkwater, liquid
3Proto-Mon-Khmerɗaakwater; liquid; The sense of "river, stream" that...

via Vietnamese trôi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetrôito drift, float along
2Proto-Vietic*c-loːj
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-Every word from Proto-Germanic balluz