Where does “đi chơi” come from?

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

đi chơi (Vietnamese): see and

Definitions

  1. see and

Ancestry of “đi chơi”, step by step

đi chơi 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 chơi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechơito play (an instrument, a sport, etc.)
Every word from Proto-Vietic tiː →Every word from Vietnamese đi →