Where does “miền Đông” come from?

miền Đông (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đồng, from Vietnamese đất, from Proto-Vietic tət.

miền Đông (Vietnamese): eastern region

Definitions

  1. eastern region

Ancestry of “miền Đông”, step by step

miền Đông traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đồng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđồngfield; medium; sorcerer; copper
2Vietnameseđấtearth; soil; dirt; land
3Proto-Vietictət—

via Vietnamese miền

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemiềnregion, district; domain
2Chinese面—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetans-mjalface
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