Where does “mẹ đẻ” come from?

mẹ đẻ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đẻ, from Proto-Vietic tɛh.

mẹ đẻ (Vietnamese): biological mother

Definitions

  1. biological mother

Ancestry of “mẹ đẻ”, step by step

mẹ đẻ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đẻ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđẻto give birth to; to birth; mother, mom
2Proto-Vietictɛh—

via Vietnamese mẹ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemẹa mother; I/me, your mother; you, my mother
2Chinese迷—

Words derived from “mẹ đẻ”

Every word from Proto-Vietic tɛh →Every word from Vietnamese đẻ →