Where does “mũi” come from?

mũi (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Vietic muːs, from Proto-Mon-Khmer muh — nose.

mũi (Vietnamese): nose; tip; cape

Definitions

  1. nose; tip; cape

Ancestry of “mũi”, step by step

mũi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Vietic muːs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vieticmuːsnose
2Proto-Mon-Khmermuhnose

via Middle Chinese 味

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese味—

Words derived from “mũi”

Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer muh →Every word from Proto-Vietic muːs →