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
- the sky; weather; a generic deification of the...
Ancestry of “trời”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Vietic | b-ləːj | sky |
| 2 | Proto-Mon-Khmer | briiʔ | sky; rain; forest |
Words derived from “trời”