Where does “giang hồ mạng” come from?

giang hồ mạng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mạng, from Proto-Vietic t-ɓaŋ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer t₁ɓaŋ.

giang hồ mạng (Vietnamese): cybergangster, gangsters who active on the Internet; usually brag about their wealth, lecture about morality, do business or argue with other cybergangsters

Definitions

  1. cybergangster, gangsters who active on the Internet; usually brag about their wealth, lecture about morality, do business or argue with other cybergangsters

Ancestry of “giang hồ mạng”, step by step

giang hồ mạng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mạng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemạnga spiderweb; network; veil
2Proto-Vietict-ɓaŋ
3Proto-Mon-Khmert₁ɓaŋ

via Vietnamese giang hồ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiang hồlike an outlaw; pertaining to outlaws
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer t₁ɓaŋEvery word from Proto-Vietic t-ɓaŋEvery word from Vietnamese mạng