Where does “vợ” come from?

vợ (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Vietic -bəːʔ, from Old Chinese 婦.

vợ (Vietnamese): wife

Definitions

  1. wife

Ancestry of “vợ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vietic-bəːʔwife
2Old Chinese婦—

Words derived from “vợ”

Every word from Old Chinese 婦 →Every word from Proto-Vietic -bəːʔ →