Where does “quá trời” come from?
quá trời (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese trời, from Proto-Vietic b-ləːj, from Proto-Mon-Khmer briiʔ — sky; rain; forest.
quá trời (Vietnamese): extremely; mighty
Ancestry of “quá trời”, step by step
quá trời traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese trời
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | trời | the sky; weather; a generic deification of the... |
| 2 | Proto-Vietic | b-ləːj | sky |
| 3 | Proto-Mon-Khmer | briiʔ | sky; rain; forest |
via Vietnamese quả
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | quả | piece of fruit; something round; round, painted... |
| 2 | Vietnamese | quầy | low cabinet in a shop or store for displaying... |
| 3 | Proto-Vietic | kweː | — |