Where does “mùa xuân” come from?

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

mùa xuân (Vietnamese): spring

Definitions

  1. spring

Ancestry of “mùa xuân”, step by step

mùa xuân traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mưa

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

via Vietnamese Xuân

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseXuânspring season
2Middle Chinese春—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer gmaʔ →