Where does “đi đôi” come from?

đi đôi (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đi, from Proto-Vietic tiː — to go.

đi đôi (Vietnamese): to go hand in hand

Definitions

  1. to go hand in hand

Ancestry of “đi đôi”, step by step

đi đôi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđito go; to wear footwear; used sentence-finally to...
2Proto-Vietictiːto go

via Vietnamese đôi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđôidouble
2Middle Chinese對—
Every word from Proto-Vietic tiː →Every word from Vietnamese đi →
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