Where does “nhảy ngựa” come from?

nhảy ngựa (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese ngựa, from Proto-Vietic m-ŋəːʔ — horse.

nhảy ngựa (Vietnamese): leapfrog

Definitions

  1. leapfrog

Ancestry of “nhảy ngựa”, step by step

nhảy ngựa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese ngựa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesengựahorse; Short for sức ngựa; trestle
2Proto-Vieticm-ŋəːʔhorse

via Vietnamese nhảy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenhảyto jump, to leap, to dive; to hop; to dance
2Proto-Vieticʄas—
Every word from Proto-Vietic m-ŋəːʔ →