Where does “ván ngựa” come from?

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

ván ngựa (Vietnamese): low wooden bed

Definitions

  1. low wooden bed

Ancestry of “ván ngựa”, step by step

ván ngựa 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 ngựa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesengựahorse; Short for sức ngựa; trestle
2Proto-Vieticm-ŋəːʔhorse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *wol-ew-o-