Where does “nghèo rớt mồng tơi” come from?

nghèo rớt mồng tơi (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese rớt, from Proto-Vietic -rəːc.

nghèo rớt mồng tơi (Vietnamese): so damn broke; so financially wanting

Definitions

  1. so damn broke; so financially wanting

Ancestry of “nghèo rớt mồng tơi”, step by step

nghèo rớt mồng tơi traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese rớt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameserớtto drop, to fall; to fail
2Proto-Vietic-rəːc—

via Vietnamese nghèo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenghèopoor

via Vietnamese mồng tơi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemồng tơiMalabar spinach (Basella alba)
Every word from Proto-Vietic -rəːc →Every word from Vietnamese rớt →