Where does “slắp mày” come from?

slắp mày (Tày) comes from Vietnamese máy, from Proto-Vietic miː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer miiʔ.

slắp mày (Tày): to mess around; to twiddle

Definitions

  1. to mess around; to twiddle

Ancestry of “slắp mày”, step by step

slắp mày traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese máy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemáymachine; engine; internal combustion engine
2Proto-Vieticmiː—
3Proto-Mon-Khmermiiʔ—

via Tày slắp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tàyslắpacrid; acerbic
2Proto-Taisaːpᴰcockroach
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer miiʔ →Every word from Proto-Vietic miː →Every word from Vietnamese máy →