Where does “bún chả” come from?

bún chả (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese chả, from Proto-Tai *klaːꟲ, from Old Chinese 稼.

bún chả (Vietnamese): Vietnamese dish of grilled pork and white rice noodle

Definitions

  1. Vietnamese dish of grilled pork and white rice noodle

Ancestry of “bún chả”, step by step

bún chả traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese chả

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechảpatty; Vietnamese pork sausage; not at all
2Proto-Tai*klaːꟲringworm
3Old Chinese稼—

via Vietnamese bún

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebúnrice vermicelli
Every word from Old Chinese 稼 →Every word from Proto-Tai *klaːꟲ →Every word from Vietnamese chả →