Where does “tại vì” come from?

tại vì (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese vì, from Chinese 位, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kV-r(j)əp — to stand.

tại vì (Vietnamese): because

Definitions

  1. because

Ancestry of “tại vì”, step by step

tại vì traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese vì

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevìbecause; for; for the sake of; throne
2Chinese位—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*kV-r(j)əpto stand

via Vietnamese tại

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetạiat; in; on; because of; due to; because
2Chinese在—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kV-r(j)əp →Every word from Chinese 位 →Every word from Vietnamese vì →