Where does “mừng tuổi” come from?

mừng tuổi (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mừng, from Proto-Vietic məːŋ.

mừng tuổi (Vietnamese): to give money in red envelopes to children or elders during Lunar New Year; to give otoshidama

Definitions

  1. to give money in red envelopes to children or elders during Lunar New Year; to give otoshidama

Ancestry of “mừng tuổi”, step by step

mừng tuổi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mừng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemừngglad, happy; to rejoice, to congratulate
2Proto-Vieticməːŋ—

via Vietnamese tuổi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetuổiage; year
Every word from Proto-Vietic məːŋ →Every word from Vietnamese mừng →