Where does “lìa đời” come from?

lìa đời (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đời, from Middle Chinese 代.

lìa đời (Vietnamese): to pass away

Definitions

  1. to pass away

Ancestry of “lìa đời”, step by step

lìa đời traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đời

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđờilife; world; generation
2Middle Chinese代—

via Vietnamese lìa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselìato leave; to separate; to abandon
2Middle Chinese離—
Every word from Middle Chinese 代 →Every word from Vietnamese đời →