Where does “bao giờ” come from?

bao giờ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese báo, from Chinese 豹, from Chinese 駁, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *prawk — to be speckled, variegated, spotted.

bao giờ (Vietnamese): when, how long until

Definitions

  1. when, how long until

Ancestry of “bao giờ”, step by step

bao giờ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese báo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebáoa leopard; a spotted panther; a jaguar or a snow...
2Chinese豹—
3Chinese駁—
4Proto-Sino-Tibetan*prawkto be speckled, variegated, spotted

via Vietnamese giờ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiờunit for specifying a point in time in terms of...
2Middle Chinese時—

Words derived from “bao giờ”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *prawk →