Where does “mưa bóng mây” come from?

mưa bóng mây (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese bóng, from French bon, from Middle French bon, from Old French bon, from Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, from Proto-Italic dwenos, from Proto-Indo-European dew- — to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...

mưa bóng mây (Vietnamese): sunshower

Definitions

  1. sunshower

Ancestry of “mưa bóng mây”, step by step

mưa bóng mây traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese bóng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebónga ball; shadow; reflection
2Frenchbongood; right, correct; sexy, hot, smoking hot
3Middle Frenchbongood
4Old Frenchbongood
5Latinbonusgood, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;...
6Old LatinduenosAlternative form of duonus
7Proto-Italicdwenosgood
8Proto-Indo-Europeandew-to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...

via Vietnamese máy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemáymachine; engine; internal combustion engine
2Proto-Vieticmiː
3Proto-Mon-Khmermiiʔ

via Vietnamese mưa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemưarain; to rain
2Proto-Vietick-maːrain
3Proto-Mon-Khmergmaʔ
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dew-
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