Where does “mùa hè” come from?

mùa hè (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mưa, from Proto-Vietic k-maː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer gmaʔ.

mùa hè (Vietnamese): summer

Definitions

  1. summer

Ancestry of “mùa hè”, step by step

mùa hè traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mưa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemưarain; to rain
2Proto-Vietick-maːrain
3Proto-Mon-Khmergmaʔ—

via Vietnamese hệ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehệsystem
2Chinese客guest
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer gmaʔ →Every word from Proto-Vietic k-maː →Every word from Vietnamese mưa →