Where does “ngồi tù” come from?

ngồi tù (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese từ, from Chinese 字, from Chinese 母, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *məʔ — mother.

ngồi tù (Vietnamese): to go to jail; to be imprisoned

Definitions

  1. to go to jail; to be imprisoned

Ancestry of “ngồi tù”, step by step

ngồi tù traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese từ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetừfrom, since; at, in; word
2Chinese字—
3Chinese母—
4Proto-Sino-Tibetan*məʔmother

via Vietnamese ngồi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesengồito sit
2Proto-Vieticŋuːjto sit
3Proto-Mon-Khmerŋgujto sit down
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *məʔ →Every word from Chinese 母 →Every word from Chinese 字 →