Where does “bún cua” come from?
bún cua (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cửa, from French cours, from German Kurs, from Italian corso, from Latin cohors, from Latin co-, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
bún cua (Vietnamese): bún riêu; Vietnamese rice vermicelli soup, usually served with fish, snail, tofu, pig skin (bì), congealed blood (huyết) and/or raw vegetables, and characteristically, with crab meatballs
Definitions
- bún riêu; Vietnamese rice vermicelli soup, usually served with fish, snail, tofu, pig skin (bì), congealed blood (huyết) and/or raw vegetables, and characteristically, with crab meatballs
Ancestry of “bún cua”, step by step
bún cua traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese cửa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | cửa | a door or a window |
| 2 | French | cours | stream of water, river; course; teaching, lesson,... |
| 3 | German | Kurs | course; exchange rate, market price |
| 4 | Italian | corso | course; stream, waterway; avenue |
| 5 | Latin | cohors | a court; a farmyard or enclosure; a retinue or... |
| 6 | Latin | co- | allomorph of con- |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Vietnamese bún
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | bún | rice vermicelli |