Where does “đẩy mạnh” come from?

đẩy mạnh (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Mạnh, from Vietnamese 孟, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan maŋ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(s/r)-ma(ŋ/k).

đẩy mạnh (Vietnamese): to push forward; to promote; to advance; to stimulate

Definitions

  1. to push forward; to promote; to advance; to stimulate

Ancestry of “đẩy mạnh”, step by step

đẩy mạnh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Mạnh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseMạnh—
2Vietnamese孟—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanmaŋbig; old; elder
4Proto-Sino-Tibetan*(s/r)-ma(ŋ/k)—

via Vietnamese đẩy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđẩyto push, to shove, to thrust
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(s/r)-ma(ŋ/k) →Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan maŋ →Every word from Vietnamese 孟 →