Where does “muôn thuở” come from?

muôn thuở (Vietnamese) comes from Old Dutch thuo, from Proto-Germanic þō, from Proto-Germanic sa, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

muôn thuở (Vietnamese): everlasting

Definitions

  1. everlasting

Ancestry of “muôn thuở”, step by step

muôn thuở traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Dutch thuo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchthuo—
2Proto-Germanicþōthey, those
3Proto-Germanicsathat
4Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

via Vietnamese muôn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemuônten thousand; myriad; all; many
2Chinese萬10,000
3Proto-Sino-Tibetans-maŋ—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Germanic sa →Every word from Proto-Germanic þō →