Where does “dầu vậy” come from?

dầu vậy (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese vậy, from Proto-Vietic valʔ — skirt.

dầu vậy (Vietnamese): nonetheless; nevertheless; however

Definitions

  1. nonetheless; nevertheless; however

Ancestry of “dầu vậy”, step by step

dầu vậy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese vậy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevậyso, thus; intensifying sentence-final particle
2Proto-Vieticvalʔskirt

via Vietnamese dầu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesedầuoil; "Dipterocarpus"
2Middle Chinese油—
Every word from Proto-Vietic valʔ →Every word from Vietnamese vậy →