Where does “fầy phi” come from?

fầy phi (Tày) comes from Tày fầy, from Proto-Tai wɤjᴬ — fire.

fầy phi (Tày): will-o'-the-wisp

Definitions

  1. will-o'-the-wisp

Ancestry of “fầy phi”, step by step

fầy phi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tày fầy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tàyfầyfire
2Proto-Taiwɤjᴬfire

via Tày phi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tàyphi
Every word from Proto-Tai wɤjᴬEvery word from Tày fầy