Where does “vịnh Mễ” come from?

vịnh Mễ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mẹ, from Chinese 迷.

vịnh Mễ (Vietnamese): Gulf of Mexico

Definitions

  1. Gulf of Mexico

Ancestry of “vịnh Mễ”, step by step

vịnh Mễ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mẹ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemẹa mother; I/me, your mother; you, my mother
2Chinese迷—

via Vietnamese Vinh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseVinh—
Every word from Chinese 迷 →Every word from Vietnamese mẹ →