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

  1. mother tongue; first language; native language;...

Ancestry of “tiếng mẹ đẻ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemẹ đẻbiological mother
2Vietnameseđẻto give birth to; to birth; mother, mom
3Proto-Vietictɛh—
Every word from Proto-Vietic tɛh →Every word from Vietnamese đẻ →Every word from Vietnamese mẹ đẻ →