Where does “chị ấy” come from?

chị ấy (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese chí, from Proto-Bahnaric ciː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer ciiʔ — louse.

chị ấy (Vietnamese): she who is somewhat older than the speaker

Definitions

  1. she who is somewhat older than the speaker

Ancestry of “chị ấy”, step by step

chị ấy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese chí

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechíwill; spirit; Central Vietnam and Southern...
2Proto-Bahnaricciːhead louse
3Proto-Mon-Khmerciiʔlouse

via Vietnamese ấy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseấythat; those; "sentence-ending intensifying...
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ciiʔ →Every word from Proto-Bahnaric ciː →Every word from Vietnamese chí →