Where does “dằn mặt” come from?

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

dằn mặt (Vietnamese): to forewarn; to warn

Definitions

  1. to forewarn; to warn

Ancestry of “dằn mặt”, step by step

dằn mặt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mặt

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

via Proto-Indo-European dan-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeandan-—
Every word from Middle Vietnamese 𩈘 →Every word from Vietnamese mặt →