Where does “tóc đuôi ngựa” come from?

tóc đuôi ngựa (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese ngựa, from Proto-Vietic m-ŋəːʔ — horse.

tóc đuôi ngựa (Vietnamese): a ponytail; a hairstyle where the hair is pulled back and tied into a single "tail" which hangs down behind the head

Definitions

  1. a ponytail; a hairstyle where the hair is pulled back and tied into a single "tail" which hangs down behind the head

Ancestry of “tóc đuôi ngựa”, step by step

tóc đuôi ngựa traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese ngựa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesengựahorse; Short for sức ngựa; trestle
2Proto-Vieticm-ŋəːʔhorse

via Vietnamese đuôi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđuôitail; extension; stern
2Proto-Vietictɔːjtail

via Vietnamese tóc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetócheadhair
Every word from Proto-Vietic m-ŋəːʔ →Every word from Vietnamese ngựa →