Where does “mì Ý” come from?

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

mì Ý (Vietnamese): spaghetti

Definitions

  1. spaghetti

Ancestry of “mì Ý”, step by step

mì Ý traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mì

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnamesemìShort for mì ăn liền; instant noodles cooked...
2Italianmime; The third note, mi; E
3Latinmihidative of ego, indirect object form; me; to me
4LatinegōI; first person singular personal pronoun, nominative case
5Proto-ItalicegōI
6Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

via Vietnamese Ý

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseÝItalian
2Middle Chinese意—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic egō →Every word from Latin egō →