Where does “anh ấy” come from?

anh ấy (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese ảnh, from Proto-Vietic ʔɛːŋ — elder brother.

anh ấy (Vietnamese): he man of equal or slightly greater social status

Definitions

  1. he man of equal or slightly greater social status

Ancestry of “anh ấy”, step by step

anh ấy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese ảnh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseảnhimage; reflection; photograph; picture; he; him
2Proto-Vieticʔɛːŋelder brother

via Vietnamese ấy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseấythat; those; "sentence-ending intensifying...
Every word from Proto-Vietic ʔɛːŋ →Every word from Vietnamese ảnh →