Where does “buồn tủi” come from?

buồn tủi (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese túi, from Proto-Vietic suːlʔ.

buồn tủi (Vietnamese): sorrowful; sad

Definitions

  1. sorrowful; sad

Ancestry of “buồn tủi”, step by step

buồn tủi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese túi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetúibag; pocket; pouch
2Proto-Vieticsuːlʔ

via Vietnamese buồn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebuồnsad; to have a strong need to do something; to...
2Middle Chinese
Every word from Proto-Vietic suːlʔ