Where does “ghế” come from?

ghế (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese băng ghế, from French banc, from Old High German banc, from Proto-West Germanic banki, from Proto-Germanic bankiz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- — to break.

ghế (Vietnamese): a seat

Definitions

  1. a seat

Ancestry of “ghế”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebăng ghếbench
2Frenchbancbench; bank; bank, shoal, school
3Old High Germanbanccounter, bench
4Proto-West Germanicbankibench
5Proto-Germanicbankiza raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeg-to break

Words derived from “ghế”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bankiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic banki →