Where does “nhấn mạnh” come from?

nhấn mạnh (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Mạnh, from Vietnamese 孟, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan maŋ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(s/r)-ma(ŋ/k).

nhấn mạnh (Vietnamese): to stress; to emphasise

Definitions

  1. to stress; to emphasise

Ancestry of “nhấn mạnh”, step by step

nhấn mạnh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Mạnh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseMạnh—
2Vietnamese孟—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanmaŋbig; old; elder
4Proto-Sino-Tibetan*(s/r)-ma(ŋ/k)—

via Vietnamese nhấn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenhấnto press (on)
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(s/r)-ma(ŋ/k) →Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan maŋ →Every word from Vietnamese 孟 →