Where does “mông đít” come from?

mông đít (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese móng, from Vietnamese 孟, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan maŋ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(s/r)-ma(ŋ/k).

mông đít (Vietnamese): buttock

Definitions

  1. buttock

Ancestry of “mông đít”, step by step

mông đít traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese móng

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

via Vietnamese đít

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđíta butt; an arse/ass; the bottom of something
2Proto-Vieticdiːt—
3Proto-Mon-Khmerkt₁iitposterior; to break wind
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(s/r)-ma(ŋ/k) →Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan maŋ →Every word from Vietnamese 孟 →