Where does “sao Mai” come from?

sao Mai (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mài, from Proto-Vietic meːʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer meeʔ.

sao Mai (Vietnamese): the Morning Star

Definitions

  1. the Morning Star

Ancestry of “sao Mai”, step by step

sao Mai traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mài

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemàito grind
2Proto-Vieticmeːʔ—
3Proto-Mon-Khmermeeʔ—

via Vietnamese sáo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesáoblackbird; starling; myna
2Proto-Vietick-raːwʔ—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer meeʔ →