Where does “đất trời” come from?

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

đất trời (Vietnamese): land and sky; landscape

Definitions

  1. land and sky; landscape

Ancestry of “đất trời”, step by step

đất trời traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese trời

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetrờithe sky; weather; a generic deification of the...
2Proto-Vieticb-ləːjsky
3Proto-Mon-Khmerbriiʔsky; rain; forest

via Vietnamese đất

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđấtearth; soil; dirt; land
2Proto-Vietictət—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer briiʔ →Every word from Proto-Vietic b-ləːj →Every word from Vietnamese trời →