Where does “mánh khoé” come from?

mánh khoé (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Mạnh, from Vietnamese 孟, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan maŋ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(s/r)-ma(ŋ/k).

mánh khoé (Vietnamese): trick; artifice

Definitions

  1. trick; artifice

Ancestry of “mánh khoé”, step by step

mánh khoé traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Mạnh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseMạnh—
2Vietnamese孟—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanmaŋbig; old; elder
4Proto-Sino-Tibetan*(s/r)-ma(ŋ/k)—

via Vietnamese khoẻ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesekhoẻstrong; healthy
2Chinese誇—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(s/r)-ma(ŋ/k) →Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan maŋ →Every word from Vietnamese 孟 →