Where does “chôn vùi” come from?

chôn vùi (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese vui, from Proto-Vietic t-puːj — joyful.

chôn vùi (Vietnamese): to bury; to cover (with material)

Definitions

  1. to bury; to cover (with material)

Ancestry of “chôn vùi”, step by step

chôn vùi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese vui

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevuimerry; joyful; gay
2Proto-Vietict-puːjjoyful

via Vietnamese chôn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechônto bury; to inter
Every word from Proto-Vietic t-puːj →Every word from Vietnamese vui →