Where does “Mẫu Thượng Ngàn” come from?

Mẫu Thượng Ngàn (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese ngắn, from Malay dengan, from Old Malay daṅan, from Proto-Malayic *dəŋan.

Mẫu Thượng Ngàn (Vietnamese): Mother Goddess of the High Forest, a female deity worshiped in Đạo Mẫu

Definitions

  1. Mother Goddess of the High Forest, a female deity worshiped in Đạo Mẫu

Ancestry of “Mẫu Thượng Ngàn”, step by step

Mẫu Thượng Ngàn traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese ngắn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesengắnshort, brief
2Malaydenganwith; and; by
3Old Malaydaṅan—
4Proto-Malayic*dəŋan—

via Vietnamese máu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemáublood; an inherent trait; health
2Proto-Celtic*māyūs—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure

via Vietnamese thượng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethượngupper; higher; top
2Chinese上—
Every word from Proto-Malayic *dəŋan →Every word from Old Malay daṅan →Every word from Malay dengan →