Where does “đau nửa đầu” come from?

đau nửa đầu (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đầu, from Middle Chinese 頭.

đau nửa đầu (Vietnamese): migraine

Definitions

  1. migraine

Ancestry of “đau nửa đầu”, step by step

đau nửa đầu traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đầu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđầuhead; tip; end; beginning; commencement; start
2Middle Chinese頭—

via Vietnamese nửa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenửahalf; half; semi-
2Proto-Mon-Khmern(ɗ)aah—

via Vietnamese đau

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđauto be hurt; to be wounded
Every word from Middle Chinese 頭 →Every word from Vietnamese đầu →