Where does “mài” come from?

mài (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Vietic meːʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer meeʔ.

mài (Vietnamese): to grind

Definitions

  1. to grind

Ancestry of “mài”, step by step

mài traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Vietic meːʔ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vieticmeːʔ—
2Proto-Mon-Khmermeeʔ—

via Chinese 磨

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese磨—

via Chinese 梅

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese梅—

Words derived from “mài”

Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer meeʔ →