Where does “mẹ thiên hạ” come from?

mẹ thiên hạ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mẹ, from Chinese 迷.

mẹ thiên hạ (Vietnamese): female person who is haughty and condescending towards other people

Definitions

  1. female person who is haughty and condescending towards other people

Ancestry of “mẹ thiên hạ”, step by step

mẹ thiên hạ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mẹ

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

via Vietnamese thiên hạ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethiên hạthe world; the outside world as regards other...
2Chinese天下the world; everything under the sky; all under...
Every word from Chinese 迷 →Every word from Vietnamese mẹ →