Where does “nộp mạng” come from?

nộp mạng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese nộp, from Chinese 納, from English nano-, from Latin nānus, from Ancient Greek νᾶνος — dwarf.

nộp mạng (Vietnamese): to surrender oneself to an enemy who is after one's life

Definitions

  1. to surrender oneself to an enemy who is after one's life

Ancestry of “nộp mạng”, step by step

nộp mạng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese nộp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenộpto hand in; to pay
2Chinese納—
3Englishnano-API; In the International System of Units and...
4Latinnānusdwarf
5Ancient Greekνᾶνοςdwarf

via Vietnamese mạng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemạnga spiderweb; network; veil
2Proto-Vietict-ɓaŋ—
3Proto-Mon-Khmert₁ɓaŋ—
Every word from Ancient Greek νᾶνος →Every word from English nano- →Every word from Latin nānus →