Where does “mầm mống” come from?

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

mầm mống (Vietnamese): germ, origin, beginning

Definitions

  1. germ, origin, beginning

Ancestry of “mầm mống”, step by step

mầm mống 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 Proto-Kartvelian mam-

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