Where does “trời” come from?

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

trời (Vietnamese): the sky; weather; a generic deification of the...

Definitions

  1. the sky; weather; a generic deification of the...

Ancestry of “trời”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vieticb-ləːjsky
2Proto-Mon-Khmerbriiʔsky; rain; forest

Words derived from “trời”

Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer briiʔ →Every word from Proto-Vietic b-ləːj →