Where does “ở rể” come from?

ở rể (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese ở, from Proto-Vietic ʔəh — to stay.

ở rể (Vietnamese): to live with one's wife's family

Definitions

  1. to live with one's wife's family

Ancestry of “ở rể”, step by step

ở rể traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseat, in; to be, to live, to stay, to remain
2Proto-Vieticʔəhto stay

via Vietnamese rể

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameserểShort for chú rể; Short for con rể
Every word from Proto-Vietic ʔəh