Where does “nước mía” come from?

nước mía (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese nước, from Proto-Vietic ɗaːk, from Proto-Mon-Khmer ɗaak — water; liquid; The sense of "river, stream" that...

nước mía (Vietnamese): sugarcane juice

Definitions

  1. sugarcane juice

Ancestry of “nước mía”, step by step

nước mía traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese nước

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenướcwater; liquid; fluid; the liquid part of a broth
2Proto-Vieticɗaːkwater, liquid
3Proto-Mon-Khmerɗaakwater; liquid; The sense of "river, stream" that...

via Vietnamese mía

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemíasugar cane
2Proto-Vietick-mɛːʔsugar cane
3Proto-Mon-Khmerklmiəʔsugar cane
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ɗaak →Every word from Proto-Vietic ɗaːk →Every word from Vietnamese nước →