Where does “mới” come from?

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

mới (Vietnamese): new (recently made or created)

Definitions

  1. new (recently made or created)

Ancestry of “mới”, step by step

mới traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese 每

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese每—
2Proto-Mon-Khmermuujone

via Proto-Vietic ɓoːlʔ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vieticɓoːlʔ—
2Proto-Mon-Khmerɓulʔ—

via Proto-Celtic *māyūs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtic*māyūs—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure

Words derived from “mới”

Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer muuj →Every word from Chinese 每 →
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