Where does “mabag” come from?

mabag (Zhuang) comes from Zhuang ma, from Proto-Tai ʰmaːᴬ — dog; to come.

mabag (Zhuang): mad dog

Definitions

  1. mad dog

Ancestry of “mabag”, step by step

mabag traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Zhuang ma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zhuangmadog; to come back; to return
2Proto-Taiʰmaːᴬdog; to come

via Zhuang bag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zhuangbagto chop; to split

Words derived from “mabag”

Every word from Proto-Tai ʰmaːᴬ →Every word from Zhuang ma →