Where does “miền Trung” come from?

miền Trung (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese trứng, from Chinese 中, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan t/duŋ — navel; centre.

miền Trung (Vietnamese): central region

Definitions

  1. central region

Ancestry of “miền Trung”, step by step

miền Trung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese trứng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetrứngan egg
2Chinese中middle
3Proto-Sino-Tibetant/duŋnavel; centre

via Vietnamese miền

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

Words derived from “miền Trung”

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