Where does “chúng mày” come from?

chúng mày (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese chúng, from Chinese 症, from Chinese 證.

chúng mày (Vietnamese): you

Definitions

  1. you

Ancestry of “chúng mày”, step by step

chúng mày traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese chúng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechúng"pluralizing particle for pronouns"; they; them;...
2Chinese症—
3Chinese證—

via Vietnamese máy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemáymachine; engine; internal combustion engine
2Proto-Vieticmiː—
3Proto-Mon-Khmermiiʔ—
Every word from Chinese 證 →Every word from Chinese 症 →Every word from Vietnamese chúng →