Where does “mài mòn” come from?

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

mài mòn (Vietnamese): to abrade; to scrape

Definitions

  1. to abrade; to scrape

Ancestry of “mài mòn”, step by step

mài mòn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mài

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemàito grind
2Proto-Vieticmeːʔ—
3Proto-Mon-Khmermeeʔ—

via Vietnamese mòn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemònto wear (as in to subject to wear), to wear out
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer meeʔ →Every word from Proto-Vietic meːʔ →Every word from Vietnamese mài →