Where does “bưng biền” come from?

bưng biền (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese bụng, from Khmer បង, from French bon, from Middle French bon, from Old French bon, from Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, from Proto-Italic dwenos — to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...

bưng biền (Vietnamese): mangrove swamp

Definitions

  1. mangrove swamp

Ancestry of “bưng biền”, step by step

bưng biền traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese bụng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebụngbelly; feelings, personality
2KhmerបងI, me, my; you, your; elder sibling
3Frenchbongood; right, correct; sexy, hot, smoking hot
4Middle Frenchbongood
5Old Frenchbongood
6Latinbonusgood, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;...
7Old LatinduenosAlternative form of duonus
8Proto-Italicdwenosgood
9Proto-Indo-Europeandew-to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...

via Vietnamese biền

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebiềnfloodplain
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dew-Every word from Proto-Italic dwenosEvery word from Old Latin duenos