Where does “quê mùa” come from?

quê mùa (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mưa, from Proto-Vietic k-maː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer gmaʔ.

quê mùa (Vietnamese): antiquated; old-fashioned

Definitions

  1. antiquated; old-fashioned

Ancestry of “quê mùa”, step by step

quê mùa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mưa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemưarain; to rain
2Proto-Vietick-maːrain
3Proto-Mon-Khmergmaʔ—

via Vietnamese quê

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