Where does “miền quê” come from?

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

miền quê (Vietnamese): countryside

Definitions

  1. countryside

Ancestry of “miền quê”, step by step

miền quê traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese miền

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

via Vietnamese quê

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesequêcountryside; the country, rural area; a...
2Chinese桂—
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