Where does “bịt mắt” come from?

bịt mắt (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mắt, from Proto-Vietic mat, from Proto-Mon-Khmer mat — eye.

bịt mắt (Vietnamese): to blindfold

Definitions

  1. to blindfold

Ancestry of “bịt mắt”, step by step

bịt mắt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mắt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemắteye
2Proto-Vieticmateye
3Proto-Mon-Khmermateye

via Vietnamese bít

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebítto cover, to seal, to stop up

Words derived from “bịt mắt”

Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer mat →Every word from Proto-Vietic mat →Every word from Vietnamese mắt →