Where does “mới đây” come from?

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

mới đây (Vietnamese): recently; lately; not long ago

Definitions

  1. recently; lately; not long ago

Ancestry of “mới đây”, step by step

mới đây traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mới

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

via Vietnamese đây

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđâythis; here
2Proto-Taiɗɤjᴬgood
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer muuj →Every word from Chinese 每 →Every word from Vietnamese mới →