Where does “thơ mộng” come from?

thơ mộng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese móng, from Vietnamese 孟, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan maŋ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(s/r)-ma(ŋ/k).

thơ mộng (Vietnamese): poetic; dreamlike

Definitions

  1. poetic; dreamlike

Ancestry of “thơ mộng”, step by step

thơ mộng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese móng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemóngnail
2Vietnamese孟—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanmaŋbig; old; elder
4Proto-Sino-Tibetan*(s/r)-ma(ŋ/k)—

via Vietnamese thơ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethơyoung, tender; poetry; a poem
2Middle Chinese詩—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(s/r)-ma(ŋ/k) →