Where does “Mạnh” come from?
Mạnh (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese 孟, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan maŋ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(s/r)-ma(ŋ/k).
Ancestry of “Mạnh”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | 孟 | — |
| 2 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | maŋ | big; old; elder |
| 3 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | *(s/r)-ma(ŋ/k) | — |