Where does “mưa đá” come from?

mưa đá (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đá, from Chinese 肚, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan l-tjwa — mouth; beak; food; stomach; mouth, beak, food,...

mưa đá (Vietnamese): hail

Definitions

  1. hail

Ancestry of “mưa đá”, step by step

mưa đá traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđárock, stone; ice as used for consumption or...
2Chinese肚—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanl-tjwamouth; beak; food; stomach; mouth, beak, food,...

via Vietnamese mưa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemưarain; to rain
2Proto-Vietick-maːrain
3Proto-Mon-Khmergmaʔ—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan l-tjwa →Every word from Chinese 肚 →Every word from Vietnamese đá →