Where does “mì” come from?

mì (Vietnamese) comes from Italian mi, from Latin mihi, from Latin egō, from Proto-Italic egō, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

mì (Vietnamese): Short for mì ăn liền; instant noodles cooked...

Definitions

  1. Short for mì ăn liền; instant noodles cooked...

Ancestry of “mì”, step by step

mì traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian mi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmime; The third note, mi; E
2Latinmihidative of ego, indirect object form; me; to me
3LatinegōI; first person singular personal pronoun, nominative case
4Proto-ItalicegōI
5Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

via Proto-Vietic miː

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vieticmiː—
2Proto-Mon-Khmermiiʔ—

via Chinese 美

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese美—
2Chinese童—

Words derived from “mì”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic egō →Every word from Latin egō →