Where does “Mặt Trời” come from?
Mặt Trời (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese trời, from Proto-Vietic b-ləːj, from Proto-Mon-Khmer briiʔ — sky; rain; forest.
Mặt Trời (Vietnamese): Sun
Ancestry of “Mặt Trời”, step by step
Mặt Trời traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese trời
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | trời | the sky; weather; a generic deification of the... |
| 2 | Proto-Vietic | b-ləːj | sky |
| 3 | Proto-Mon-Khmer | briiʔ | sky; rain; forest |
via Vietnamese mặt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | mặt | face; aspect; dimension; right |
| 2 | Middle Vietnamese | 𩈘 | face |
Words derived from “Mặt Trời”