Where does “mống mắt” come from?

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

mống mắt (Vietnamese): iris

Definitions

  1. iris

Ancestry of “mống mắt”, step by step

mống mắt 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 Vietnamese mắt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemắteye
2Proto-Vieticmateye
3Proto-Mon-Khmermateye
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(s/r)-ma(ŋ/k) →Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan maŋ →Every word from Vietnamese 孟 →