Where does “đi bão” come from?

đi bão (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese báo, from Chinese 豹, from Chinese 駁, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *prawk — to be speckled, variegated, spotted.

đi bão (Vietnamese): to paint the town red; to take to the streets in celebration after a triumph

Definitions

  1. to paint the town red; to take to the streets in celebration after a triumph

Ancestry of “đi bão”, step by step

đi bão traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese báo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebáoa leopard; a spotted panther; a jaguar or a snow...
2Chinese豹—
3Chinese駁—
4Proto-Sino-Tibetan*prawkto be speckled, variegated, spotted

via Vietnamese đi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđito go; to wear footwear; used sentence-finally to...
2Proto-Vietictiːto go
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *prawk →Every word from Chinese 駁 →Every word from Chinese 豹 →
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