Where does “bởi vì” come from?

bởi vì (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese vì, from Chinese 位, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kV-r(j)əp — to stand.

bởi vì (Vietnamese): because

Definitions

  1. because

Ancestry of “bởi vì”, step by step

bởi vì traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese vì

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevìbecause; for; for the sake of; throne
2Chinese位—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*kV-r(j)əpto stand

via Vietnamese bởi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebởiby; because of; because
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kV-r(j)əp →Every word from Chinese 位 →Every word from Vietnamese vì →