Where does “mùa hạ” come from?

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

mùa hạ (Vietnamese): summer

Definitions

  1. summer

Ancestry of “mùa hạ”, step by step

mùa hạ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mưa

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

via Vietnamese Hạ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseHạthe Xia dynasty
2Proto-Vietichaːʔ—
3Proto-Mon-Khmerhaʔto open mouth
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer gmaʔ →