Where does “mía lau” come from?

mía lau (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mía, from Proto-Vietic k-mɛːʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer klmiəʔ — sugar cane.

mía lau (Vietnamese): dwarf sugarcane, aka Saccharum sinense

Definitions

  1. dwarf sugarcane, aka Saccharum sinense

Ancestry of “mía lau”, step by step

mía lau traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mía

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemíasugar cane
2Proto-Vietick-mɛːʔsugar cane
3Proto-Mon-Khmerklmiəʔsugar cane

via Vietnamese lâu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselâulong
2Proto-Mon-Khmerləwʔ—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer klmiəʔ →Every word from Proto-Vietic k-mɛːʔ →Every word from Vietnamese mía →