Where does “ơi” come from?

ơi (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Vietic k-ʔoːs, from Proto-Mon-Khmer pʔus — guava.

ơi (Vietnamese): suffixes to someone's name or kinship title, used...

Definitions

  1. suffixes to someone's name or kinship title, used...

Ancestry of “ơi”, step by step

ơi traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Vietic k-ʔoːs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vietick-ʔoːs—
2Proto-Mon-Khmerpʔusguava

via Proto-Mon-Khmer sʔuj

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Mon-Khmersʔuj—

via Proto-Austroasiatic *ʔuːr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austroasiatic*ʔuːr—

Words derived from “ơi”

Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer pʔus →Every word from Proto-Vietic k-ʔoːs →