Where does “Ban Mê Thuột” come from?

Ban Mê Thuột (Vietnamese) comes from Lao ແມ່, from Proto-Tai meːᴮ — mother.

Ancestry of “Ban Mê Thuột”, step by step

Ban Mê Thuột traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lao ແມ່

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoແມ່mother; she-, female; chief, senior
2Proto-Taimeːᴮmother

via Thai แม่

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiแม่mother; female head, chief, or leader; woman in...
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