Where does “ví tiền” come from?

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

ví tiền (Vietnamese): (money) purse, wallet

Definitions

  1. (money) purse, wallet

Ancestry of “ví tiền”, step by step

ví tiền 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 tiền

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetiềnmoney; pre-
2Chinese錢—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kV-r(j)əp →Every word from Chinese 位 →Every word from Vietnamese vì →