Where does “vui mừng” come from?

vui mừng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese vui, from Proto-Vietic t-puːj — joyful.

vui mừng (Vietnamese): to be glad; to be delighted

Definitions

  1. to be glad; to be delighted

Ancestry of “vui mừng”, step by step

vui mừng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese vui

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevuimerry; joyful; gay
2Proto-Vietict-puːjjoyful

via Vietnamese mừng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemừngglad, happy; to rejoice, to congratulate
2Proto-Vieticməːŋ—
Every word from Proto-Vietic t-puːj →Every word from Vietnamese vui →