Where does “ghi bàn” come from?

ghi bàn (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese bàn, from French balle, from Middle French balle, from Italian balla, from Old French balle, from Medieval Latin balla, from Frankish balla, from Proto-Germanic balluz.

ghi bàn (Vietnamese): to score a goal

Definitions

  1. to score a goal

Ancestry of “ghi bàn”, step by step

ghi bàn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese bàn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebàntable; desk; board; to discuss; to talk over
2Frenchballe(small) ball
3Middle Frenchballeball; bundle
4Italianballalarge bundle, torsello, bale, reap; falsehood,...
5Old Frenchballe
6Medieval Latinballa
7Frankishballa
8Proto-Germanicballuzround object, ball; ball of the hand, foot, etc
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-

via Vietnamese ghì

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseghìto hold tightly, to tightly embrace
2Frenchgrisgrey, gray; drunk, tipsy; gray
3Old Occitangris
4Frankishgrīsgrey
5Proto-Germanicgrīsazgrey; terrible; frightening
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