Where does “chớp mắt” come from?

chớp mắt (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mắt, from Proto-Vietic mat, from Proto-Mon-Khmer mat — eye.

chớp mắt (Vietnamese): to blink; to wink

Definitions

  1. to blink; to wink

Ancestry of “chớp mắt”, step by step

chớp mắt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mắt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemắteye
2Proto-Vieticmateye
3Proto-Mon-Khmermateye

via Vietnamese chớp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechớplightning; to blink
2Proto-Vietick-ɟəːp—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer mat →Every word from Proto-Vietic mat →Every word from Vietnamese mắt →
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