Where does “mẫu tự” come from?

mẫu tự (Vietnamese) comes from Chinese 字母, from Sanskrit मातृका, from Sanskrit मातृ, from Proto-Indo-Aryan máHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian máHtā, from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr — mother.

mẫu tự (Vietnamese): letter

Definitions

  1. letter

Ancestry of “mẫu tự”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese字母letter; alphabet
2Sanskritमातृकाmother
3Sanskritमातृmother
4Proto-Indo-AryanmáHtā—
5Proto-Indo-IranianmáHtāmother
6Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂tērmother

Words derived from “mẫu tự”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr →