Where does “sai bảo” come from?

sai bảo (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese báo, from Chinese 豹, from Chinese 駁, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *prawk — to be speckled, variegated, spotted.

sai bảo (Vietnamese): to give orders for others to execute

Definitions

  1. to give orders for others to execute

Ancestry of “sai bảo”, step by step

sai bảo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese báo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebáoa leopard; a spotted panther; a jaguar or a snow...
2Chinese豹—
3Chinese駁—
4Proto-Sino-Tibetan*prawkto be speckled, variegated, spotted

via Vietnamese sái

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesáiominous, inauspicious
2Chinese柴—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *prawk →Every word from Chinese 駁 →Every word from Chinese 豹 →