Where does “mặt mũi” come from?

mặt mũi (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mũi, from Proto-Vietic muːs, from Proto-Mon-Khmer muh — nose.

mặt mũi (Vietnamese): look; countenance; physiognomy

Definitions

  1. look; countenance; physiognomy

Ancestry of “mặt mũi”, step by step

mặt mũi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mũi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemũinose; tip; cape
2Proto-Vieticmuːsnose
3Proto-Mon-Khmermuhnose

via Vietnamese mặt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemặtface; aspect; dimension; right
2Middle Vietnamese𩈘face

Words derived from “mặt mũi”

Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer muh →Every word from Proto-Vietic muːs →Every word from Vietnamese mũi →