Where does “vỡ chợ” come from?
vỡ chợ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese vô, from Vietnamese vụ, from Chinese 務, from Sino-Tibetan *mow.
vỡ chợ (Vietnamese): a chaotic scene
Ancestry of “vỡ chợ”, step by step
vỡ chợ 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 chó
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | chó | a dog; a bitch |
| 2 | Proto-Vietic | ʔa-cɔːʔ | dog |
| 3 | Proto-Mon-Khmer | cɔʔ | dog |