Where does “vùng miền” come from?

vùng miền (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese miền, from Chinese 面, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-mjal — face.

vùng miền (Vietnamese): regions

Definitions

  1. regions

Ancestry of “vùng miền”, step by step

vùng miền traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese miền

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemiềnregion, district; domain
2Chinese面—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetans-mjalface

via Vietnamese vùng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevùngregion, area

Words derived from “vùng miền”

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