Where does “mây” come from?
mây (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Vietic k-mǝl, from Proto-Mon-Khmer mhuəl — cloud.
mây (Vietnamese): cloud; rattan
Ancestry of “mây”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Vietic | k-mǝl | cloud |
| 2 | Proto-Mon-Khmer | mhuəl | cloud |