Where does “bịt mắt bắt dê” come from?

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

bịt mắt bắt dê (Vietnamese): blind man's buff (blindfolded variant of tag)

Definitions

  1. blind man's buff (blindfolded variant of tag)

Ancestry of “bịt mắt bắt dê”, step by step

bịt mắt bắt dê traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese bịt mắt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebịt mắtto blindfold
2Vietnamesemắteye
3Proto-Vieticmateye
4Proto-Mon-Khmermateye

via Vietnamese dê

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesedêgoat; lewd; lascivious; The name of the...
2Proto-Vietic-teːgoat

via Vietnamese bắt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebắtto seize; to catch
2Proto-Vietic*pəc—
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