Where does “ván” come from?

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

ván (Vietnamese): a plank; a game

Definitions

  1. a plank; a game

Ancestry of “ván”, step by step

ván traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via French valve

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

via Middle Chinese 運

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese運—
2Middle Chinese數—
3Old Chinese數—

via Proto-Vietic vaɲʔ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vieticvaɲʔto twist
2Proto-Mon-Khmerwiɲto twist, turn, go round

Words derived from “ván”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *wol-ew-o- →Every word from Proto-Italic *wolVwā- →Every word from Latin valva →