Where does “cách đây” come from?
cách đây (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đây, from Proto-Tai ɗɤjᴬ — good.
cách đây (Vietnamese): ago
Ancestry of “cách đây”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | đây | this; here |
| 2 | Proto-Tai | ɗɤjᴬ | good |