Where does “hệ Mặt Trời” come from?

hệ Mặt Trời (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Mặt Trời, from Vietnamese trời, from Proto-Vietic b-ləːj, from Proto-Mon-Khmer briiʔ — sky; rain; forest.

hệ Mặt Trời (Vietnamese): Solar System

Definitions

  1. Solar System

Ancestry of “hệ Mặt Trời”, step by step

hệ Mặt Trời traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Mặt Trời

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseMặt TrờiSun
2Vietnamesetrờithe sky; weather; a generic deification of the...
3Proto-Vieticb-ləːjsky
4Proto-Mon-Khmerbriiʔsky; rain; forest

via Vietnamese hệ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehệsystem
2Chinese客guest

via Chinese 太陽系

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese太陽系Solar System
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer briiʔ →Every word from Proto-Vietic b-ləːj →Every word from Vietnamese trời →