Where does “bao nả” come from?

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

bao nả (Vietnamese): how much

Definitions

  1. how much

Ancestry of “bao nả”, step by step

bao nả 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 ná

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnamesenáSynonym of nỏ; slingshot
2Proto-Vietics-naːʔcrossbow
3Proto-Mon-Khmersnaʔcrossbow
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *prawk →Every word from Chinese 駁 →Every word from Chinese 豹 →
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