Where does “ai ai” come from?
ai ai (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese ai, from Proto-Vietic ʔeː.
ai ai (Vietnamese): everyone, everybody
Ancestry of “ai ai”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | ai | who; whoever; someone else |
| 2 | Proto-Vietic | ʔeː | — |