Where does “ngọt ngào” come from?

ngọt ngào (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese ngọt, from Proto-Vietic t-ŋɔːc.

ngọt ngào (Vietnamese): sweet; pleasant; loving; tender; suave

Definitions

  1. sweet; pleasant; loving; tender; suave

Ancestry of “ngọt ngào”, step by step

ngọt ngào traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese ngọt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesengọtsweet; well-seasoned and tasty; very sharp
2Proto-Vietict-ŋɔːc—

via Vietnamese ngào

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesengàoto coat in sugar
Every word from Proto-Vietic t-ŋɔːc →Every word from Vietnamese ngọt →