Where does “như vậy” come from?

như vậy (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese vậy, from Proto-Vietic valʔ — skirt.

như vậy (Vietnamese): such, like that

Definitions

  1. such, like that

Ancestry of “như vậy”, step by step

như vậy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese vậy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevậyso, thus; intensifying sentence-final particle
2Proto-Vieticvalʔskirt

via Vietnamese như

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenhưlike; as
2Middle Chinese如—
Every word from Proto-Vietic valʔ →Every word from Vietnamese vậy →