Where does “chân mày” come from?

chân mày (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese máy, from Proto-Vietic miː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer miiʔ.

chân mày (Vietnamese): eyebrows

Definitions

  1. eyebrows

Ancestry of “chân mày”, step by step

chân mày traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese máy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemáymachine; engine; internal combustion engine
2Proto-Vieticmiː—
3Proto-Mon-Khmermiiʔ—

via Vietnamese chân

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechâna foot; a leg; the lowest circumscribing area
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer miiʔ →Every word from Proto-Vietic miː →Every word from Vietnamese máy →