Where does “Hạ” come from?

Hạ (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Vietic haːʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer haʔ — to open mouth.

Hạ (Vietnamese): the Xia dynasty

Definitions

  1. the Xia dynasty

Ancestry of “Hạ”, step by step

Hạ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Vietic haːʔ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vietichaːʔ—
2Proto-Mon-Khmerhaʔto open mouth

via Chinese 呵

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese呵—

via Middle Chinese 河

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese河—

Words derived from “Hạ”

Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer haʔ →Every word from Proto-Vietic haːʔ →