Where does “uốn ván” come from?

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

uốn ván (Vietnamese): tetanus

Definitions

  1. tetanus

Ancestry of “uốn ván”, step by step

uốn ván traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese ván

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

via Vietnamese uốn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseuốnto bend, to curl, to curve
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *wol-ew-o- →Every word from Proto-Italic *wolVwā- →Every word from Latin valva →