Where does “vui nhộn” come from?

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

vui nhộn (Vietnamese): funny; hilarious; merry

Definitions

  1. funny; hilarious; merry

Ancestry of “vui nhộn”, step by step

vui nhộn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese vui

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

via Vietnamese nhộn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenhộnbustling; boisterous
Every word from Proto-Vietic t-puːj →Every word from Vietnamese vui →