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Where does “ngựa vằn” come from?

ngựa vằn (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese ván, from French valve, from Latin valva, from Proto-Italic *wolVwā-, from Proto-Indo-European *wol-ew-o-.

ngựa vằn (Vietnamese): a zebra

Definitions

  1. a zebra

Ancestry of “ngựa vằn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevána plank; a game
2Frenchvalvevalve
3Latinvalvadouble or folding door; one leaf of such doors
4Proto-Italic*wolVwā-—
5Proto-Indo-European*wol-ew-o-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *wol-ew-o- →