Where does “vỗ béo” come from?

vỗ béo (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese vô, from Vietnamese vụ, from Chinese 務, from Sino-Tibetan *mow.

vỗ béo (Vietnamese): to fatten (to cause a person or animal to be fat or fatter)

Definitions

  1. to fatten (to cause a person or animal to be fat or fatter)

Ancestry of “vỗ béo”, step by step

vỗ béo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese vô

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevôto enter; to go into; to toast; emphasizing...
2Vietnamesevụseason; case, affair; specialized department...
3Chinese務—
4Sino-Tibetan*mow—

via Vietnamese béo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebéofat; fatty; to pinch
2Proto-Vieticpɛːwleopard, panther
Every word from Sino-Tibetan *mow →Every word from Chinese 務 →Every word from Vietnamese vụ →