Where does “vợ vua” come from?
vợ vua (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese vô, from Vietnamese vụ, from Chinese 務, from Sino-Tibetan *mow.
vợ vua (Vietnamese): queen
Ancestry of “vợ vua”, step by step
vợ vua 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 vua
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | vua | monarch |
| 2 | Middle Vietnamese | ꞗua | king |