Where does “mì li” come from?

mì li (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 li (Vietnamese): cup noodles

Definitions

  1. cup noodles

Ancestry of “mì li”, step by step

mì li 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 lí

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselícommon sense; sound and fair reasoning
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic egō →Every word from Latin egō →