Where does “cao ngất” come from?

cao ngất (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cáo, from Chinese 告, from Middle Chinese 校.

cao ngất (Vietnamese): very tall; dizzyingly high; towering; sky-high; lofty

Definitions

  1. very tall; dizzyingly high; towering; sky-high; lofty

Ancestry of “cao ngất”, step by step

cao ngất traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese cáo

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

via Vietnamese ngất

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesengấtto faint to lose consciousness
Every word from Middle Chinese 校 →Every word from Chinese 告 →Every word from Vietnamese cáo →