Where does “mòn mỏi” come from?

mòn mỏi (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mới, from Chinese 每, from Proto-Mon-Khmer muuj — one.

mòn mỏi (Vietnamese): wearing out gradually; declining gradually

Definitions

  1. wearing out gradually; declining gradually

Ancestry of “mòn mỏi”, step by step

mòn mỏi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mới

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemớinew (recently made or created)
2Chinese每—
3Proto-Mon-Khmermuujone

via Vietnamese mòn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemònto wear (as in to subject to wear), to wear out
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer muuj →Every word from Chinese 每 →Every word from Vietnamese mới →