Where does “bún thang” come from?

bún thang (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese thẳng, from Chinese 湯, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan r-la(w)ŋ — steam; hot.

bún thang (Vietnamese): Vietnamese dish of rice vermicelli, shredded chicken, sliced pork sausage and omelette in a broth and sprinkled with tôm bông (ruốc made from shrimp)

Definitions

  1. Vietnamese dish of rice vermicelli, shredded chicken, sliced pork sausage and omelette in a broth and sprinkled with tôm bông (ruốc made from shrimp)

Ancestry of “bún thang”, step by step

bún thang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese thẳng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethẳngstraight
2Chinese湯—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanr-la(w)ŋsteam; hot

via Vietnamese bún

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebúnrice vermicelli
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan r-la(w)ŋ →Every word from Chinese 湯 →Every word from Vietnamese thẳng →