Where does “vô lối” come from?

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

vô lối (Vietnamese): unreasonable

Definitions

  1. unreasonable

Ancestry of “vô lối”, step by step

vô lối traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseto enter; to go into; to toast; emphasizing...
2Vietnamesevụseason; case, affair; specialized department...
3Chinese
4Sino-Tibetan*mow

via Vietnamese lối

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselốipath; way; track
Every word from Sino-Tibetan *mow