Where does “bom ba càng” come from?

bom ba càng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese bơm, from French pommé, from Middle French pomme, from Old French pome, from Latin pōmum, from Latin pōmus, from Proto-Italic poomos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂po-h₁ém-os — from, off, back; off, away; off, from.

bom ba càng (Vietnamese): lunge mine

Definitions

  1. lunge mine

Ancestry of “bom ba càng”, step by step

bom ba càng traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese bơm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebơmpump; to pump
2Frenchpommépast participle of pommer; grown round, or like...
3Middle Frenchpomme
4Old Frenchpomeapple
5Latinpōmumany type of fruit (applied to apples, cherries, nuts, berries, figs, dates, etc.)
6Latinpōmusfruit
7Proto-Italicpoomosfruit
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂po-h₁ém-ostaken off
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂epofrom, off, back; off, away; off, from

via Vietnamese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesea grandmother; an old woman; an old lady; you, my...
2Chinese
3Chinese
4Komodopaʔfour
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəpatfour
6Proto-AustronesianSəpatfour

via Vietnamese càng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnamesecàngWith a comparative or verb phrase, establishes a...
2Proto-Vieticgaːŋcrab pincers
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂epo
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