Where does “mùa đông” come from?

mùa đông (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đồng, from Vietnamese đất, from Proto-Vietic tət.

mùa đông (Vietnamese): winter

Definitions

  1. winter

Ancestry of “mùa đông”, step by step

mùa đông traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đồng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđồngfield; medium; sorcerer; copper
2Vietnameseđấtearth; soil; dirt; land
3Proto-Vietictət—

via Vietnamese mưa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemưarain; to rain
2Proto-Vietick-maːrain
3Proto-Mon-Khmergmaʔ—
Every word from Proto-Vietic tət →
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