Where does “vừa miệng” come from?

vừa miệng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese vua, from Middle Vietnamese ꞗua — king.

vừa miệng (Vietnamese): pleasant to the taste; tasty

Definitions

  1. pleasant to the taste; tasty

Ancestry of “vừa miệng”, step by step

vừa miệng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese vua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevuamonarch
2Middle Vietnameseꞗuaking

via Vietnamese miệng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemiệnga mouth; a member of a family
2Proto-Vietic-mɛːŋʔmouth
Every word from Middle Vietnamese ꞗua →Every word from Vietnamese vua →