Where does “cởi mở” come from?
cởi mở (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mở, from Thai หมอ, from Proto-Southwestern Tai ʰmɔːᴬ, from Proto-Tai ʰmoːᴬ, from Old Chinese 巫.
cởi mở (Vietnamese): to open one's heart
Ancestry of “cởi mở”, step by step
cởi mở traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese mở
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | mở | to open, be open; to unfold, expand, open up; to... |
| 2 | Thai | หมอ | expert; wizard; fortuneteller; clairvoyant;... |
| 3 | Proto-Southwestern Tai | ʰmɔːᴬ | shaman |
| 4 | Proto-Tai | ʰmoːᴬ | shaman |
| 5 | Old Chinese | 巫 | — |
via Vietnamese cối
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | cối | a mortar; the container of a rice mill; a rice... |
| 2 | Proto-Vietic | t-koːlʔ | rice mortar |