Where does “vị hôn phu” come from?

vị hôn phu (Vietnamese) comes from Chinese 夫, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan pʷa — male, father, third-person pronoun.

vị hôn phu (Vietnamese): a fiancé

Definitions

  1. a fiancé

Ancestry of “vị hôn phu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese夫—
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanpʷamale, father, third-person pronoun
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan pʷa →Every word from Chinese 夫 →
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