Where does “mặt đất” come from?

mặt đất (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đất, from Proto-Vietic tət.

mặt đất (Vietnamese): surface of the earth; ground surface

Definitions

  1. surface of the earth; ground surface

Ancestry of “mặt đất”, step by step

mặt đất traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đất

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđấtearth; soil; dirt; land
2Proto-Vietictət—

via Vietnamese mặt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemặtface; aspect; dimension; right
2Middle Vietnamese𩈘face
Every word from Proto-Vietic tət →Every word from Vietnamese đất →