Where does “mất tiêu” come from?

mất tiêu (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tiêu, from Chinese 蕭.

mất tiêu (Vietnamese): to vanish

Definitions

  1. to vanish

Ancestry of “mất tiêu”, step by step

mất tiêu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tiêu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnamesetiêuClipping of tiêu hoá; to be able to take in and...
2Chinese蕭—

via Vietnamese mất

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemấtto lose something; to die; to take
2Proto-Vieticɓǝt—
Every word from Chinese 蕭 →Every word from Vietnamese tiêu →