Where does “mệt mỏi” come from?

mệt mỏi (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mới, from Chinese 每, from Proto-Mon-Khmer muuj — one.

mệt mỏi (Vietnamese): tired, exhausted

Definitions

  1. tired, exhausted

Ancestry of “mệt mỏi”, step by step

mệt mỏi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mới

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemớinew (recently made or created)
2Chinese每—
3Proto-Mon-Khmermuujone

via Vietnamese mệt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemệttired, fatigued, weary
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer muuj →Every word from Chinese 每 →Every word from Vietnamese mới →