Where does “mày” come from?

mày (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Vietic miː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer miiʔ.

mày (Vietnamese): eyebrows; you

Definitions

  1. eyebrows; you

Ancestry of “mày”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vieticmiː—
2Proto-Mon-Khmermiiʔ—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer miiʔ →Every word from Proto-Vietic miː →
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