Where does “giữ” come from?

giữ (Middle Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Vietic k-cɨh.

giữ (Middle Vietnamese): to keep, to hold and maintain as one's own; to...

Definitions

  1. to keep, to hold and maintain as one's own; to...

Ancestry of “giữ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vietick-cɨh
Every word from Proto-Vietic k-cɨh
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