Where does “buồn rầu” come from?

buồn rầu (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese râu, from Proto-Vietic -soː, from Old Chinese 鬚.

buồn rầu (Vietnamese): sad; melancholy

Definitions

  1. sad; melancholy

Ancestry of “buồn rầu”, step by step

buồn rầu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese râu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameserâua beard; whiskers; barbels
2Proto-Vietic-soː—
3Old Chinese鬚—

via Vietnamese buồn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebuồnsad; to have a strong need to do something; to...
2Middle Chinese煩—
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