Where does “mù đêm” come from?

mù đêm (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đêm, from Proto-Vietic teːm — night.

mù đêm (Vietnamese): night blindness

Definitions

  1. night blindness

Ancestry of “mù đêm”, step by step

mù đêm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đêm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđêmnight; nighttime
2Proto-Vieticteːmnight

via Vietnamese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseblind; blinding
Every word from Proto-Vietic teːmEvery word from Vietnamese đêm