Where does “tới lui” come from?
tới lui (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tối, from Vietnamese tí, from Middle Chinese 子, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsəʔ — child, son, offspring; grandson; relatives; nephew/niece.
tới lui (Vietnamese): to haunt; to frequent; to go back and forth
Definitions
- to haunt; to frequent; to go back and forth
Ancestry of “tới lui”, step by step
tới lui traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese tối
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | tối | dark; the duration from the late evening to the... |
| 2 | Vietnamese | tí | breast; a little bit; tiny; small |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 子 | — |
| 4 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | *tsəʔ | child, son, offspring; grandson; relatives; nephew/niece |
via Vietnamese lui
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | lui | to step back; to recede; to move backward; to... |