Where does “mưa rào” come from?

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

mưa rào (Vietnamese): heavy shower; downpour; cloudburst

Definitions

  1. heavy shower; downpour; cloudburst

Ancestry of “mưa rào”, step by step

mưa rào traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mưa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemưarain; to rain
2Proto-Vietick-maːrain
3Proto-Mon-Khmergmaʔ—

via Vietnamese rào

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseràofence; to encircle; small river, creek, stream
2Middle Chinese牢—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer gmaʔ →