Where does “tuy vậy” come from?

tuy vậy (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tuỳ, from Chinese 髓, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan suj, from Chinese 鎖.

tuy vậy (Vietnamese): however; nevertheless

Definitions

  1. however; nevertheless

Ancestry of “tuy vậy”, step by step

tuy vậy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tuỳ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetuỳaccording to
2Chinese髓—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetansujmarrow
4Chinese鎖—

via Vietnamese vậy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevậyso, thus; intensifying sentence-final particle
2Proto-Vieticvalʔskirt
Every word from Chinese 鎖 →Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan suj →Every word from Chinese 髓 →