Where does “viêm mũi” come from?

viêm mũi (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mũi, from Proto-Vietic muːs, from Proto-Mon-Khmer muh — nose.

viêm mũi (Vietnamese): rhinitis

Definitions

  1. rhinitis

Ancestry of “viêm mũi”, step by step

viêm mũi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mũi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemũinose; tip; cape
2Proto-Vieticmuːsnose
3Proto-Mon-Khmermuhnose

via Vietnamese viêm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseviêminflammation
2Middle Chinese炎—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer muh →