Where does “vạ lây” come from?

vạ lây (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese và, from Chinese 和, from Japanese 和, from Middle Chinese 和.

vạ lây (Vietnamese): by association; in complicity

Definitions

  1. by association; in complicity

Ancestry of “vạ lây”, step by step

vạ lây traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese và

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevàand; To shovel food from a rice bowl into one's...
2Chinese和harmonious
3Japanese和peace, harmony, tranquillity, serenity; sum
4Middle Chinese和—

via Proto-Indo-European lAy-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-EuropeanlAy-—
Every word from Middle Chinese 和 →Every word from Japanese 和 →Every word from Chinese 和 →