Where does “ước mơ” come from?

ước mơ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mở, from Thai หมอ, from Proto-Southwestern Tai ʰmɔːᴬ, from Proto-Tai ʰmoːᴬ, from Old Chinese 巫.

ước mơ (Vietnamese): dream, wish, hope

Definitions

  1. dream, wish, hope

Ancestry of “ước mơ”, step by step

ước mơ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mở

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemởto open, be open; to unfold, expand, open up; to...
2Thaiหมอexpert; wizard; fortuneteller; clairvoyant;...
3Proto-Southwestern Taiʰmɔːᴬshaman
4Proto-Taiʰmoːᴬshaman
5Old Chinese

via Vietnamese ước

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseướcto wish; to desire; to promise; to estimate; to...
Every word from Old Chinese Every word from Proto-Tai ʰmoːᴬEvery word from Proto-Southwestern Tai ʰmɔːᴬ