Where does “nhảy vọt” come from?

nhảy vọt (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese nhảy, from Proto-Vietic ʄas.

nhảy vọt (Vietnamese): to leap

Definitions

  1. to leap

Ancestry of “nhảy vọt”, step by step

nhảy vọt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese nhảy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenhảyto jump, to leap, to dive; to hop; to dance
2Proto-Vieticʄas

via Vietnamese vọt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevọtto run, to flee quickly

Words derived from “nhảy vọt

Every word from Proto-Vietic ʄas