Where does “ván ép” come from?

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

ván ép (Vietnamese): a plank of plywood

Definitions

  1. a plank of plywood

Ancestry of “ván ép”, step by step

ván ép 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 ép

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseépto force someone; to press something; The name of...
2FrencheffeThe name of the Latin-script letter F
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *wol-ew-o- →Every word from Proto-Italic *wolVwā- →Every word from Latin valva →