Where does “chè bánh xếp” come from?

chè bánh xếp (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese bánh xếp, from Vietnamese bánh, from French balle, from Middle French balle, from Italian balla, from Old French balle, from Medieval Latin balla, from Frankish balla.

chè bánh xếp (Vietnamese): a type of dessert soup with gelatinous dumplings inside

Definitions

  1. a type of dessert soup with gelatinous dumplings inside

Ancestry of “chè bánh xếp”, step by step

chè bánh xếp traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese bánh xếp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebánh xếpa type of dumpling (typically fried)
2Vietnamesebánhany sweet, salty, or savory food prepared from...
3Frenchballe(small) ball
4Middle Frenchballeball; bundle
5Italianballalarge bundle, torsello, bale, reap; falsehood,...
6Old Frenchballe
7Medieval Latinballa
8Frankishballa
9Proto-Germanicballuzround object, ball; ball of the hand, foot, etc
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-

via Vietnamese chè

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechètea; a thick, sweet dessert soup or pudding,...
2Middle Chinese
3Chinesetea
4Proto-Loloishla¹tea
5Proto-Sino-Tibetans-laleaf; tea; flat object
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-Every word from Proto-Germanic balluz