Where does “trăng mật” come from?

trăng mật (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese trắng, from Proto-Vietic k-laŋʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer klaŋʔ.

trăng mật (Vietnamese): a honeymoon

Definitions

  1. a honeymoon

Ancestry of “trăng mật”, step by step

trăng mật traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese trắng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetrắngwhite; pale
2Proto-Vietick-laŋʔwhite
3Proto-Mon-Khmerklaŋʔ—

via Vietnamese mật

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemậthoney; concentrated sugarcane juice; molasses;...
2Middle Chinese密—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer klaŋʔ →Every word from Proto-Vietic k-laŋʔ →Every word from Vietnamese trắng →
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