Where does “chửi bới” come from?

chửi bới (Vietnamese) comes from English Chui, from Proto-Vietic *k-cuːs.

chửi bới (Vietnamese): to insult (out loud); to swear; to call names

Definitions

  1. to insult (out loud); to swear; to call names

Ancestry of “chửi bới”, step by step

chửi bới traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Chui

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishChui—
2Proto-Vietic*k-cuːs—

via Vietnamese bới

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebớito search for something by digging through or unsettling the earth
Every word from Proto-Vietic *k-cuːs →Every word from English Chui →