Where does “bản sao” come from?

bản sao (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese bàn, 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.

bản sao (Vietnamese): copy, duplicate

Definitions

  1. copy, duplicate

Ancestry of “bản sao”, step by step

bản sao traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese bàn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebàntable; desk; board; to discuss; to talk over
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 sáo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesáoblackbird; starling; myna
2Proto-Vietick-raːwʔ
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-Every word from Proto-Germanic balluz