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Where does “𡗶” come from?

𡗶 (Middle Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Vietic b-ləːj, from Proto-Mon-Khmer briiʔ — sky; rain; forest.

𡗶 (Middle Vietnamese): sky

Definitions

  1. sky

Ancestry of “𡗶”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vieticb-ləːjsky
2Proto-Mon-Khmerbriiʔsky; rain; forest

Words derived from “𡗶”

  • trời ơi
  • giếng trời
  • mặt trời
  • nhà chọc trời
  • trời đất
  • bầu trời
  • trời đất ơi
  • trời
  • Mặt Trời
  • 𩈘𡗶
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