Where does “mạnh giỏi” come from?

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

mạnh giỏi (Vietnamese): strong; healthy; well

Definitions

  1. strong; healthy; well

Ancestry of “mạnh giỏi”, step by step

mạnh giỏi 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 giỏi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiỏigood; competent
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(s/r)-ma(ŋ/k) →Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan maŋ →Every word from Vietnamese 孟 →
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