Where does “tiếng mẹ đẻ” come from?
tiếng mẹ đẻ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mẹ đẻ, from Vietnamese đẻ, from Proto-Vietic tɛh.
tiếng mẹ đẻ (Vietnamese): mother tongue; first language; native language;...
Definitions
- mother tongue; first language; native language;...
Ancestry of “tiếng mẹ đẻ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | mẹ đẻ | biological mother |
| 2 | Vietnamese | đẻ | to give birth to; to birth; mother, mom |
| 3 | Proto-Vietic | tɛh | — |