Where does “mở màn” come from?
mở màn (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mở, from Thai หมอ, from Proto-Southwestern Tai ʰmɔːᴬ, from Proto-Tai ʰmoːᴬ, from Old Chinese 巫.
mở màn (Vietnamese): to raise the curtain (to start a performance)
Definitions
- to raise the curtain (to start a performance)
Ancestry of “mở màn”, step by step
mở màn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese mở
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | mở | to open, be open; to unfold, expand, open up; to... |
| 2 | Thai | หมอ | expert; wizard; fortuneteller; clairvoyant;... |
| 3 | Proto-Southwestern Tai | ʰmɔːᴬ | shaman |
| 4 | Proto-Tai | ʰmoːᴬ | shaman |
| 5 | Old Chinese | 巫 | — |
via Vietnamese mặn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | mặn | salted; salty; having meat or fish; not... |
| 2 | Proto-Vietic | mən | — |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | beŋ | mole on the face; birthmark; mole |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | *bẹ | Denotes "to be" for first person singular when at the end of an object; am |