Where does “như vậy” come from?
như vậy (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese vậy, from Proto-Vietic valʔ — skirt.
như vậy (Vietnamese): such, like that
Ancestry of “như vậy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Vietnamese | vậy | so, thus; intensifying sentence-final particle |
| 2 | Proto-Vietic | valʔ | skirt |