Where does “nước mẹ” come from?
nước mẹ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese nước, from Proto-Vietic ɗaːk, from Proto-Mon-Khmer ɗaak — water; liquid; The sense of "river, stream" that...
nước mẹ (Vietnamese): metropole; parent-state; mother country
Definitions
- metropole; parent-state; mother country
Ancestry of “nước mẹ”, step by step
nước mẹ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese nước
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | nước | water; liquid; fluid; the liquid part of a broth |
| 2 | Proto-Vietic | ɗaːk | water, liquid |
| 3 | Proto-Mon-Khmer | ɗaak | water; liquid; The sense of "river, stream" that... |
via Vietnamese mẹ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | mẹ | a mother; I/me, your mother; you, my mother |
| 2 | Chinese | 迷 | — |
via Chinese 母國
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chinese | 母國 | homeland; home country; motherland; fatherland |