Where does “bánh vẽ” come from?

bánh vẽ (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 vẽ (Vietnamese): cake drawing

Definitions

  1. cake drawing

Ancestry of “bánh vẽ”, step by step

bánh vẽ 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 vẽ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevẽto draw; to paint; to contrive
2FrenchThe name of the Latin-script letter V; calf; API!
3Occitanvei
4Occitanveireto see
5Latinvitrumglass; a woad; a plant used for dying blue; woad;...
6Proto-Italicwedromglass
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwedro-water-like
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwed-water
9Proto-Indo-Europeanwey-to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-