Where does “bịt miệng” come from?

bịt miệng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese miệng, from Proto-Vietic -mɛːŋʔ — mouth.

bịt miệng (Vietnamese): to silence

Definitions

  1. to silence

Ancestry of “bịt miệng”, step by step

bịt miệng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese miệng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemiệnga mouth; a member of a family
2Proto-Vietic-mɛːŋʔmouth

via Vietnamese bít

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebítto cover, to seal, to stop up
Every word from Proto-Vietic -mɛːŋʔ →Every word from Vietnamese miệng →