Where does “khuyên bảo” come from?

khuyên bảo (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese báo, from Chinese 豹, from Chinese 駁, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *prawk — to be speckled, variegated, spotted.

khuyên bảo (Vietnamese): to give advice; to admonish; to counsel

Definitions

  1. to give advice; to admonish; to counsel

Ancestry of “khuyên bảo”, step by step

khuyên bảo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese báo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebáoa leopard; a spotted panther; a jaguar or a snow...
2Chinese豹—
3Chinese駁—
4Proto-Sino-Tibetan*prawkto be speckled, variegated, spotted

via Vietnamese khuyên

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesekhuyênto advise; to recommend; to admonish
2Chinese勸—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *prawk →Every word from Chinese 駁 →Every word from Chinese 豹 →