Where does “nửa vời” come from?

nửa vời (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese vôi, from Proto-Vietic k-puːr, from Proto-Mon-Khmer knpur — lime.

nửa vời (Vietnamese): half-assedly

Definitions

  1. half-assedly

Ancestry of “nửa vời”, step by step

nửa vời traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese vôi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevôilime
2Proto-Vietick-puːrlime
3Proto-Mon-Khmerknpurlime

via Vietnamese nửa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenửahalf; half; semi-
2Proto-Mon-Khmern(ɗ)aah—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer knpur →Every word from Proto-Vietic k-puːr →Every word from Vietnamese vôi →