Where does “mưa” come from?

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

mưa (Vietnamese): rain; to rain

Definitions

  1. rain; to rain

Ancestry of “mưa”, step by step

mưa traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Vietic k-maː

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vietick-maːrain
2Proto-Mon-Khmergmaʔ—

via Chinese 務

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese務—
2Sino-Tibetan*mow—

via Proto-Sino-Tibetan ma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Sino-Tibetanmano, not, negative, not have, none

Words derived from “mưa”

Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer gmaʔ →Every word from Proto-Vietic k-maː →