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
- (money) purse, wallet
Ancestry of “ví tiền”, step by step
ví tiền traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese vì
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | vì | because; for; for the sake of; throne |
| 2 | Chinese | 位 | — |
| 3 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | *kV-r(j)əp | to stand |