Etymology Explorer › Vietnamese

Where does “mảnh” come from?

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

Ancestry of “mảnh”, step by step

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