Where does “vay mượn” come from?

vay mượn (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese vậy, from Proto-Vietic valʔ — skirt.

vay mượn (Vietnamese): to borrow; to loan generally speaking

Definitions

  1. to borrow; to loan generally speaking

Ancestry of “vay mượn”, step by step

vay mượn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese vậy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevậyso, thus; intensifying sentence-final particle
2Proto-Vieticvalʔskirt

via Vietnamese mượn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemượnto borrow
2Proto-Vieticmaːɲʔto borrow
Every word from Proto-Vietic valʔ →Every word from Vietnamese vậy →