Where does “đi bầu” come from?

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

đi bầu (Vietnamese): to go to the polls; to vote

Definitions

  1. to go to the polls; to vote

Ancestry of “đi bầu”, step by step

đi bầu 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 bầu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebầugourd; a space of something; pregnancy
2Chinese匏—
Every word from Proto-Vietic tiː →Every word from Vietnamese đi →