Where does “vua chúa” come from?

vua chúa (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese vua, from Middle Vietnamese ꞗua — king.

vua chúa (Vietnamese): kings and nobles; royalty

Definitions

  1. kings and nobles; royalty

Ancestry of “vua chúa”, step by step

vua chúa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese vua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevuamonarch
2Middle Vietnameseꞗuaking

via Vietnamese chúa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechúathe retired father of a monarch of feudal...
2Middle Chinese字letter, symbol, character; character
Every word from Middle Vietnamese ꞗua →Every word from Vietnamese vua →