Where does “mái ngố” come from?

mái ngố (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mài, from Proto-Vietic meːʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer meeʔ.

mái ngố (Vietnamese): blunt bangs

Definitions

  1. blunt bangs

Ancestry of “mái ngố”, step by step

mái ngố traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mài

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemàito grind
2Proto-Vieticmeːʔ—
3Proto-Mon-Khmermeeʔ—

via Vietnamese ngố

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesengốdoltish; dull-headed
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