Where does “sao Vĩ” come from?
sao Vĩ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese vì, from Chinese 位, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kV-r(j)əp.
sao Vĩ (Vietnamese): Tail
Ancestry of “sao Vĩ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | vì | because; for; for the sake of; throne |
| 2 | Chinese | 位 | — |
| 3 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | *kV-r(j)əp | — |