Where does “trôi qua” come from?

trôi qua (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese quả, from Vietnamese quầy, from Proto-Vietic kweː.

trôi qua (Vietnamese): to elapse; to pass by

Definitions

  1. to elapse; to pass by

Ancestry of “trôi qua”, step by step

trôi qua traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese quả

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesequảpiece of fruit; something round; round, painted...
2Vietnamesequầylow cabinet in a shop or store for displaying...
3Proto-Vietickweː—

via Vietnamese trôi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetrôito drift, float along
2Proto-Vietic*c-loːj—
Every word from Proto-Vietic kweː →Every word from Vietnamese quầy →Every word from Vietnamese quả →