Where does “bụng” come from?
bụng (Vietnamese) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European dew- — to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...
bụng (Vietnamese): belly; feelings, personality
Definitions
- belly; feelings, personality
Ancestry of “bụng”, step by step
bụng traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer បង
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | បង | I, me, my; you, your; elder sibling |
| 2 | French | bon | good; right, correct; sexy, hot, smoking hot |
| 3 | Middle French | bon | good |
| 4 | Old French | bon | good |
| 5 | Latin | bonus | good, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;... |
| 6 | Old Latin | duenos | Alternative form of duonus |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | dwenos | good |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dew- | to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be... |
via Proto-Vietic buːŋʔ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Vietic | buːŋʔ | — |
| 2 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | poŋ | raft; float |
| 3 | Proto-Great Andamanese | *pəŋ | — |
via Middle Chinese 風
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Chinese | 風 | — |