Where does “qua mắt” come from?

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

qua mắt (Vietnamese): to pull off something dishonest under someone's nose; to misdirect, mislead, bamboozle or hoodwink

Definitions

  1. to pull off something dishonest under someone's nose; to misdirect, mislead, bamboozle or hoodwink

Ancestry of “qua mắt”, step by step

qua mắt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mắt

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

via Vietnamese quả

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesequảpiece of fruit; something round; round, painted...
2Vietnamesequầylow cabinet in a shop or store for displaying...
3Proto-Vietickweː—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer mat →Every word from Proto-Vietic mat →Every word from Vietnamese mắt →