Where does “ngất ngây” come from?

ngất ngây (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese ngày, from Proto-Vietic t-ŋarʔ — to snore.

ngất ngây (Vietnamese): ecstatic; thrilled; enraptured

Definitions

  1. ecstatic; thrilled; enraptured

Ancestry of “ngất ngây”, step by step

ngất ngây traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese ngày

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesengàyday; date; daytime
2Proto-Vietict-ŋarʔto snore

via Vietnamese ngất

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesengấtto faint to lose consciousness
Every word from Proto-Vietic t-ŋarʔ →Every word from Vietnamese ngày →