Where does “nửa đời” come from?

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

nửa đời (Vietnamese): about thirty to forty years old; middle age; midlife

Definitions

  1. about thirty to forty years old; middle age; midlife

Ancestry of “nửa đời”, step by step

nửa đời traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đời

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

via Vietnamese nửa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenửahalf; half; semi-
2Proto-Mon-Khmern(ɗ)aah—
Every word from Middle Chinese 代 →Every word from Vietnamese đời →