Where does “vang vọng” come from?

vang vọng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese vàng, from French vin, from Middle French vin, from Old French vin, from Latin vīnum, from Proto-Italic wīnom, from Proto-Indo-European wóyh₁nom, from Proto-Indo-European weh₁y- — to twist, wind, weave, plait; to wrap, enclose,...

vang vọng (Vietnamese): to resound; to echo back

Definitions

  1. to resound; to echo back

Ancestry of “vang vọng”, step by step

vang vọng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese vàng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevàngyellow; gold
2Frenchvinwine
3Middle Frenchvinwine
4Old Frenchvinwine
5Latinvīnumwine
6Proto-Italicwīnomwine
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwóyh₁nomwine; vine, wine
8Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₁y-to twist, wind, weave, plait; to wrap, enclose,...

via Vietnamese vọng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevọngto echo, to resound
2Middle Chinese望—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weh₁y- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wóyh₁nom →Every word from Proto-Italic wīnom →