Where does “lương y như từ mẫu” come from?

lương y như từ mẫu (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese lương y, from Chinese 良, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan l(j)a(k/ŋ) — good; beautiful; real.

lương y như từ mẫu (Vietnamese): a good physician is like a loving and caring mother

Definitions

  1. a good physician is like a loving and caring mother

Ancestry of “lương y như từ mẫu”, step by step

lương y như từ mẫu traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese lương y

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselương ya good (both skillful and ethical) physician
2Chinese良—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanl(j)a(k/ŋ)good; beautiful; real

via Vietnamese như

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenhưlike; as
2Middle Chinese如—

via Vietnamese từ mẫu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetừ mẫua mother who is both affectionate and caring
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan l(j)a(k/ŋ) →Every word from Chinese 良 →Every word from Vietnamese lương y →