Where does “vợ chồng” come from?

vợ chồng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese vô, from Vietnamese vụ, from Chinese 務, from Sino-Tibetan *mow.

vợ chồng (Vietnamese): husband and wife

Definitions

  1. husband and wife

Ancestry of “vợ chồng”, step by step

vợ chồng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese vô

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevôto enter; to go into; to toast; emphasizing...
2Vietnamesevụseason; case, affair; specialized department...
3Chinese務—
4Sino-Tibetan*mow—

via Vietnamese chồng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechồnghusband; to stack up; a stack
2Middle Chinese重—
Every word from Sino-Tibetan *mow →Every word from Chinese 務 →Every word from Vietnamese vụ →