Where does “hóng mát” come from?

hóng mát (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mát, from Proto-Vietic t-maːc.

hóng mát (Vietnamese): to get some fresh air; to take the air

Definitions

  1. to get some fresh air; to take the air

Ancestry of “hóng mát”, step by step

hóng mát traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mát

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemátcool; cray-cray
2Proto-Vietict-maːc—

via Vietnamese hồng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehồngpink; red; persimmon
2Proto-Vietic-hɔːŋʔ—
Every word from Proto-Vietic t-maːc →Every word from Vietnamese mát →