Where does “miền” come from?

miền (Vietnamese) comes from Chinese 面, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-mjal — face.

miền (Vietnamese): region, district; domain

Definitions

  1. region, district; domain

Ancestry of “miền”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese面—
2Proto-Sino-Tibetans-mjalface

Words derived from “miền”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-mjal →Every word from Chinese 面 →