Where does “nói vã bọt mép” come from?

nói vã bọt mép (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese và, from Chinese 和, from Japanese 和, from Middle Chinese 和.

nói vã bọt mép (Vietnamese): to babble on; to talk a lot

Definitions

  1. to babble on; to talk a lot

Ancestry of “nói vã bọt mép”, step by step

nói vã bọt mép traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese và

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevàand; To shovel food from a rice bowl into one's...
2Chinese和harmonious
3Japanese和peace, harmony, tranquillity, serenity; sum
4Middle Chinese和—

via Vietnamese nói

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenóito speak, to talk, to say, to tell
2Chinese內—

via Vietnamese bọt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebọtfoam, froth
2Proto-Vieticbɔːt—
Every word from Middle Chinese 和 →Every word from Japanese 和 →Every word from Chinese 和 →