Where does “lác mắt” come from?

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

lác mắt (Vietnamese): to have squint eyes; to have strabismus

Definitions

  1. to have squint eyes; to have strabismus

Ancestry of “lác mắt”, step by step

lác mắt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mắt

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

via Vietnamese lác

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselácsedge; squinting
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer mat →Every word from Proto-Vietic mat →Every word from Vietnamese mắt →