Where does “VU” come from?
VU (French) comes from Vietnamese vụ, from Chinese 務, from Sino-Tibetan *mow.
Ancestry of “VU”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | vụ | season; case, affair; specialized department... |
| 2 | Chinese | 務 | — |
| 3 | Sino-Tibetan | *mow | — |