Where does “vậy” come from?

vậy (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Vietic valʔ — skirt.

vậy (Vietnamese): so, thus; intensifying sentence-final particle

Definitions

  1. so, thus; intensifying sentence-final particle

Ancestry of “vậy”, step by step

vậy traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Vietic valʔ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vieticvalʔskirt

via Proto-Vietic k-pas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vietick-passcale

via Chinese 圍

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese圍—

Words derived from “vậy”

Every word from Proto-Vietic valʔ →