Where does “Thanh minh” come from?

Thanh minh (Vietnamese) comes from Chinese 明, from Middle Korean 며ᇰ, from Middle Chinese 名 — name.

Thanh minh (Vietnamese): Qingming ("Pure Brightness"), the fifth of the 24 solar terms in the Chinese lunisolar calendar

Definitions

  1. Qingming ("Pure Brightness"), the fifth of the 24 solar terms in the Chinese lunisolar calendar

Ancestry of “Thanh minh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese明—
2Middle Korean며ᇰa person's name
3Middle Chinese名name
Every word from Middle Chinese 名 →Every word from Middle Korean 며ᇰ →Every word from Chinese 明 →