Where does “mất mùa” come from?

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

mất mùa (Vietnamese): to have a poor crop; to have a bad harvest

Definitions

  1. to have a poor crop; to have a bad harvest

Ancestry of “mất mùa”, step by step

mất mùa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mưa

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

via Vietnamese mất

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemấtto lose something; to die; to take
2Proto-Vieticɓǝt—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer gmaʔ →