Where does “nhớ đời” come from?

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

nhớ đời (Vietnamese): very memorable, especially in a negative way

Definitions

  1. very memorable, especially in a negative way

Ancestry of “nhớ đời”, step by step

nhớ đời traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đời

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

via Vietnamese nhỏ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenhỏsmall; little; child; girl
2Proto-Vietick-ɲǝːʔto remember
Every word from Middle Chinese 代 →Every word from Vietnamese đời →