Where does “sức mạnh” come from?

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

sức mạnh (Vietnamese): power; strength

Definitions

  1. power; strength

Ancestry of “sức mạnh”, step by step

sức 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 sức

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesứcstrength; power
2Proto-Vietick-rəkstrong
3Old Chinese力—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(s/r)-ma(ŋ/k) →Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan maŋ →Every word from Vietnamese 孟 →