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Where does “𩈘𡗶” come from?

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

𩈘𡗶 (Middle Vietnamese): sun

Definitions

  1. sun

Ancestry of “𩈘𡗶”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Vietnamese𡗶sky
2Proto-Vieticb-ləːjsky
3Proto-Mon-Khmerbriiʔsky; rain; forest
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