Where does “vô đáy” come from?
vô đáy (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese vô, from Vietnamese vụ, from Chinese 務, from Sino-Tibetan *mow.
vô đáy (Vietnamese): endless; limitless; boundless
Definitions
- endless; limitless; boundless
Ancestry of “vô đáy”, step by step
vô đáy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese vô
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | vô | to enter; to go into; to toast; emphasizing... |
| 2 | Vietnamese | vụ | season; case, affair; specialized department... |
| 3 | Chinese | 務 | — |
| 4 | Sino-Tibetan | *mow | — |
via Vietnamese đáy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | đáy | the inside bottom of a container, as opposed to a... |
| 2 | Chinese | 底 | — |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 等 | — |