Where does “bủa vây” come from?

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

bủa vây (Vietnamese): to besiege

Definitions

  1. to besiege

Ancestry of “bủa vây”, step by step

bủa vây traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese vậy

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

via Vietnamese bủa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebủanest of forked twigs
Every word from Proto-Vietic valʔ →Every word from Vietnamese vậy →