Where does “bởi chưng” come from?

bởi chưng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese chúng, from Chinese 症, from Chinese 證.

bởi chưng (Vietnamese): because

Definitions

  1. because

Ancestry of “bởi chưng”, step by step

bởi chưng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese chúng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechúng"pluralizing particle for pronouns"; they; them;...
2Chinese症—
3Chinese證—

via Vietnamese bởi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebởiby; because of; because
Every word from Chinese 證 →Every word from Chinese 症 →Every word from Vietnamese chúng →