Where does “mồ mả” come from?

mồ mả (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Mã, from Chinese 碼, from English Mark, from German mark, from Latin Mārcus, from Latin Martīnus, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos — adjectival suffix.

mồ mả (Vietnamese): graves; tombs generally speaking

Definitions

  1. graves; tombs generally speaking

Ancestry of “mồ mả”, step by step

mồ mả traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Mã

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseMã—
2Chinese碼—
3EnglishMarkAbbreviation of Markarian
4Germanmarkmark any of various European monetary units
5LatinMārcus—
6LatinMartīnus—
7Latin-īnusof or pertaining to; -ine
8Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
9Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
10Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

via Vietnamese mở

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemởto open, be open; to unfold, expand, open up; to...
2Thaiหมอexpert; wizard; fortuneteller; clairvoyant;...
3Proto-Southwestern Taiʰmɔːᴬshaman
4Proto-Taiʰmoːᴬshaman
5Old Chinese巫—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from Latin -īnus →Every word from Latin Martīnus →