Where does “bởi vậy” come from?

bởi vậy (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese vậy, from Proto-Vietic valʔ — skirt.

bởi vậy (Vietnamese): therefore; consequently; thus

Definitions

  1. therefore; consequently; thus

Ancestry of “bởi vậy”, step by step

bởi vậy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese vậy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevậyso, thus; intensifying sentence-final particle
2Proto-Vieticvalʔskirt

via Vietnamese bởi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebởiby; because of; because
Every word from Proto-Vietic valʔ →Every word from Vietnamese vậy →