Where does “mình mẩy” come from?

mình mẩy (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese máy, from Proto-Vietic miː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer miiʔ.

mình mẩy (Vietnamese): body generally speaking

Definitions

  1. body generally speaking

Ancestry of “mình mẩy”, step by step

mình mẩy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese máy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemáymachine; engine; internal combustion engine
2Proto-Vieticmiː—
3Proto-Mon-Khmermiiʔ—

via Vietnamese mình

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemìnha torso; a body; I/me, someone of roughly your...
2Middle Vietnamesemềnh—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer miiʔ →