Where does “hậu” come from?

hậu (Vietnamese) comes from Chinese 后, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mV-qow — head.

hậu (Vietnamese): queen; post-

Definitions

  1. queen; post-

Ancestry of “hậu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese后—
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*mV-qowhead

Words derived from “hậu”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mV-qow →
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