Where does “cái này” come from?
cái này (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese này, from Proto-Vietic -niː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer niʔ.
cái này (Vietnamese): this
Ancestry of “cái này”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | này | this; here |
| 2 | Proto-Vietic | -niː | — |
| 3 | Proto-Mon-Khmer | niʔ | — |