Where does “đồng rêu” come from?

đồng rêu (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đồng, from Vietnamese đất, from Proto-Vietic tət.

đồng rêu (Vietnamese): a moss field

Definitions

  1. a moss field

Ancestry of “đồng rêu”, step by step

đồng rêu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đồng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđồngfield; medium; sorcerer; copper
2Vietnameseđấtearth; soil; dirt; land
3Proto-Vietictət—

via Proto-Indo-European reu-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanreu-to peel, to pluck, to dig
Every word from Proto-Vietic tət →Every word from Vietnamese đất →Every word from Vietnamese đồng →