Where does “ghế xếp” come from?

ghế xếp (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese ghế, 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 xếp (Vietnamese): a folding seat; a folding stool, foldstool; a folding chair

Definitions

  1. a folding seat; a folding stool, foldstool; a folding chair

Ancestry of “ghế xếp”, step by step

ghế xếp traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese ghế

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseghếa seat
2Vietnamesebăng ghếbench
3Frenchbancbench; bank; bank, shoal, school
4Old High Germanbanccounter, bench
5Proto-West Germanicbankibench
6Proto-Germanicbankiza raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeg-to break

via Vietnamese xếp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesexếpto arrange; to put in order; to fold
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bankiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic banki →