Where does “mất ngủ” come from?

mất ngủ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese ngủ, from Chinese 伍, from Chinese 亻, from Chinese 工.

mất ngủ (Vietnamese): to be unable to sleep; to have insomnia

Definitions

  1. to be unable to sleep; to have insomnia

Ancestry of “mất ngủ”, step by step

mất ngủ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese ngủ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesengủto sleep
2Chinese伍—
3Chinese亻—
4Chinese工—

via Vietnamese mất

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemấtto lose something; to die; to take
2Proto-Vieticɓǝt—

Words derived from “mất ngủ”

Every word from Chinese 工 →Every word from Chinese 亻 →Every word from Chinese 伍 →