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

Definitions

  1. queen

Ancestry of “vợ vua”, step by step

vợ vua 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 vua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevuamonarch
2Middle Vietnameseꞗuaking
Every word from Sino-Tibetan *mow →Every word from Chinese 務 →Every word from Vietnamese vụ →