Where does “mửa mật” come from?

mửa mật (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mưa, from Proto-Vietic k-maː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer gmaʔ.

mửa mật (Vietnamese): with much effort, to the point of exhaustion

Definitions

  1. with much effort, to the point of exhaustion

Ancestry of “mửa mật”, step by step

mửa mật traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mưa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemưarain; to rain
2Proto-Vietick-maːrain
3Proto-Mon-Khmergmaʔ—

via Vietnamese mật

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemậthoney; concentrated sugarcane juice; molasses;...
2Middle Chinese密—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer gmaʔ →
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