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Where does “mì gói” come from?

mì gói (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 gói (Vietnamese): instant noodles

Definitions

  1. instant noodles

Ancestry of “mì gói”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnamesemìShort for mì ăn liền; instant noodles cooked...
2Italianmime; The third note, mi; E
3Latinmihidative of ego, indirect object form; me; to me
4Latinegō—
5Proto-ItalicegōI
6Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →