Where does “cách đây” come from?

cách đây (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đây, from Proto-Tai ɗɤjᴬ — good.

cách đây (Vietnamese): ago

Definitions

  1. ago

Ancestry of “cách đây”, step by step

cách đây traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đây

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđâythis; here
2Proto-Taiɗɤjᴬgood

via Vietnamese cách

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecáchway, manner, fashion; grammatical case; to be...
Every word from Proto-Tai ɗɤjᴬ →Every word from Vietnamese đây →
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