Where does “chui nhủi” come from?

chui nhủi (Vietnamese) comes from English Chui, from Proto-Vietic *k-cuːs.

chui nhủi (Vietnamese): to hide away from people

Definitions

  1. to hide away from people

Ancestry of “chui nhủi”, step by step

chui nhủi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Chui

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

via Vietnamese nhủi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenhủito push forward by using head
2Proto-Vieticɲuːs—
Every word from Proto-Vietic *k-cuːs →Every word from English Chui →