Where does “chóng mặt” come from?

chóng mặt (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mặt, from Middle Vietnamese 𩈘 — face.

chóng mặt (Vietnamese): to feel dizzy

Definitions

  1. to feel dizzy

Ancestry of “chóng mặt”, step by step

chóng mặt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mặt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemặtface; aspect; dimension; right
2Middle Vietnamese𩈘face

via Vietnamese chóng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechóngquickly; swiftly; rapidly
Every word from Middle Vietnamese 𩈘 →Every word from Vietnamese mặt →