Where does “dưới” come from?
dưới (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Vietic -taːlʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer kt₁aal — under-surface, under.
dưới (Vietnamese): under, below
Ancestry of “dưới”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Vietic | -taːlʔ | — |
| 2 | Proto-Mon-Khmer | kt₁aal | under-surface, under |