Where does “giấc mơ” come from?

giấc mơ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mở, from Thai หมอ, from Proto-Southwestern Tai ʰmɔːᴬ, from Proto-Tai ʰmoːᴬ, from Old Chinese 巫.

giấc mơ (Vietnamese): dream

Definitions

  1. dream

Ancestry of “giấc mơ”, step by step

giấc mơ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mở

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemởto open, be open; to unfold, expand, open up; to...
2Thaiหมอexpert; wizard; fortuneteller; clairvoyant;...
3Proto-Southwestern Taiʰmɔːᴬshaman
4Proto-Taiʰmoːᴬshaman
5Old Chinese

via Vietnamese giấc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiấcindicates sleep times and dreams

Words derived from “giấc mơ

Every word from Old Chinese Every word from Proto-Tai ʰmoːᴬEvery word from Proto-Southwestern Tai ʰmɔːᴬ
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