Where does “giày vò” come from?

giày vò (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese vô, from Vietnamese vụ, from Chinese 務, from Sino-Tibetan *mow.

giày vò (Vietnamese): to torment; to torture

Definitions

  1. to torment; to torture

Ancestry of “giày vò”, step by step

giày vò traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese vô

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevôto enter; to go into; to toast; emphasizing...
2Vietnamesevụseason; case, affair; specialized department...
3Chinese務—
4Sino-Tibetan*mow—

via Vietnamese giày

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiàya non-sock, non-stockings piece of footwear that...
2Middle Chinese鞋—
Every word from Sino-Tibetan *mow →Every word from Chinese 務 →Every word from Vietnamese vụ →