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

Mạnh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese 孟

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

via Chinese 盲

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese盲—

Words derived from “Mạnh”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(s/r)-ma(ŋ/k) →Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan maŋ →Every word from Vietnamese 孟 →