Where does “mũ nón” come from?

mũ nón (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese nón, from Proto-Vietic k-nɔːn, from Proto-Vietic kɔːn, from Proto-Mon-Khmer kuun — child.

mũ nón (Vietnamese): headwear

Definitions

  1. headwear

Ancestry of “mũ nón”, step by step

mũ nón traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese nón

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnamesenónAsian conical hat; hat; cap; helmet
2Proto-Vietick-nɔːn—
3Proto-Vietickɔːnchild
4Proto-Mon-Khmerkuunchild

via Vietnamese mù

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemùblind; blinding
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer kuun →Every word from Proto-Vietic kɔːn →Every word from Proto-Vietic k-nɔːn →