Where does “khi ấy” come from?

khi ấy (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese khí, from Proto-Vietic kʰih.

khi ấy (Vietnamese): then; at that time

Definitions

  1. then; at that time

Ancestry of “khi ấy”, step by step

khi ấy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese khí

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnamesekhíClipping of không khí; gas; chi
2Proto-Vietickʰih—

via Vietnamese ấy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseấythat; those; "sentence-ending intensifying...
Every word from Proto-Vietic kʰih →Every word from Vietnamese khí →