Where does “sự đời” come from?

sự đời (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese sự, from Chinese 瓷.

sự đời (Vietnamese): worldly matters

Definitions

  1. worldly matters

Ancestry of “sự đời”, step by step

sự đời traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese sự

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesựdeed, act, occurrence
2Chinese瓷—

via Vietnamese đời

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđờilife; world; generation
2Middle Chinese代—
Every word from Chinese 瓷 →Every word from Vietnamese sự →