Where does “sương mù” come from?

sương mù (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese sương, from Chinese 霜.

sương mù (Vietnamese): mist, fog

Definitions

  1. mist, fog

Ancestry of “sương mù”, step by step

sương mù traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese sương

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesươngdew
2Chinese霜—

via Vietnamese mù

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemùblind; blinding
Every word from Chinese 霜 →Every word from Vietnamese sương →