Where does “cáo mượn oai hùm” come from?

cáo mượn oai hùm (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cáo, from Chinese 告, from Middle Chinese 校.

cáo mượn oai hùm (Vietnamese): to use powerful connections to intimidate people

Definitions

  1. to use powerful connections to intimidate people

Ancestry of “cáo mượn oai hùm”, step by step

cáo mượn oai hùm traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese cáo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecáoa fox; royal edict-like announcement
2Chinese告—
3Middle Chinese校—

via Vietnamese mượn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemượnto borrow
2Proto-Vieticmaːɲʔto borrow

via Vietnamese hùm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehùmtiger
Every word from Middle Chinese 校 →Every word from Chinese 告 →Every word from Vietnamese cáo →