Where does “ngứa mắt” come from?

ngứa mắt (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mắt, from Proto-Vietic mat, from Proto-Mon-Khmer mat — eye.

ngứa mắt (Vietnamese): to feel uneasy at seeing something shocking to the eyes; to be displeased by an eyesore

Definitions

  1. to feel uneasy at seeing something shocking to the eyes; to be displeased by an eyesore

Ancestry of “ngứa mắt”, step by step

ngứa mắt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mắt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemắteye
2Proto-Vieticmateye
3Proto-Mon-Khmermateye

via Vietnamese ngứa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesengứato feel itchy; to itch
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer mat →Every word from Proto-Vietic mat →Every word from Vietnamese mắt →