Where does “cãi vã” come from?

cãi vã (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese và, from Chinese 和, from Japanese 和, from Middle Chinese 和.

cãi vã (Vietnamese): to bicker; to quarrel (over something inconsequential) generally speaking

Definitions

  1. to bicker; to quarrel (over something inconsequential) generally speaking

Ancestry of “cãi vã”, step by step

cãi vã traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese và

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevàand; To shovel food from a rice bowl into one's...
2Chinese和harmonious
3Japanese和peace, harmony, tranquillity, serenity; sum
4Middle Chinese和—

via Vietnamese cái

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecáia thing; a whatsit; the solid bits of a broth;...
2Proto-Vietic-keːʔwoman, female
Every word from Middle Chinese 和 →Every word from Japanese 和 →Every word from Chinese 和 →