Where does “vui sướng” come from?

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

vui sướng (Vietnamese): glad; cheerful; content; happy; elated

Definitions

  1. glad; cheerful; content; happy; elated

Ancestry of “vui sướng”, step by step

vui sướng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese vui

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

via Vietnamese sướng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesướnghappy, elated
Every word from Proto-Vietic t-puːj →Every word from Vietnamese vui →