Where does “vô” come from?

vô (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese vụ, from Chinese 務, from Sino-Tibetan *mow.

vô (Vietnamese): to enter; to go into; to toast; emphasizing...

Definitions

  1. to enter; to go into; to toast; emphasizing...

Ancestry of “vô”, step by step

vô traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese vụ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevụseason; case, affair; specialized department...
2Chinese務—
3Sino-Tibetan*mow—

via Proto-Vietic poːʔ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vieticpoːʔfather

Words derived from “vô”

Every word from Sino-Tibetan *mow →Every word from Chinese 務 →Every word from Vietnamese vụ →