Where does “ngáp” come from?

ngáp (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Vietic s-ŋaːp, from Proto-Mon-Khmer sʔaap — to yawn.

ngáp (Vietnamese): to yawn

Definitions

  1. to yawn

Ancestry of “ngáp”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vietics-ŋaːp—
2Proto-Mon-Khmersʔaapto yawn
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer sʔaap →Every word from Proto-Vietic s-ŋaːp →