Where does “thần trụ trời” come from?

thần trụ trời (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese trời, from Proto-Vietic b-ləːj, from Proto-Mon-Khmer briiʔ — sky; rain; forest.

thần trụ trời (Vietnamese): a god who separated heaven and earth with a stone pillar

Definitions

  1. a god who separated heaven and earth with a stone pillar

Ancestry of “thần trụ trời”, step by step

thần trụ trời traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese trời

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetrờithe sky; weather; a generic deification of the...
2Proto-Vieticb-ləːjsky
3Proto-Mon-Khmerbriiʔsky; rain; forest

via Vietnamese thân

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethânclose or even best; relative; pro-
2Chinese炭coal
3Proto-Sino-Tibetantalcharcoal; dust; ashes

via Vietnamese trụ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetrụpillar
2Chinese柱—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer briiʔ →Every word from Proto-Vietic b-ləːj →Every word from Vietnamese trời →