Where does “đấu vật” come from?

đấu vật (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese vật, from Proto-Mon-Khmer kpət — to struggle.

đấu vật (Vietnamese): to wrestle

Definitions

  1. to wrestle

Ancestry of “đấu vật”, step by step

đấu vật traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese vật

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevậtthing; object; animal; to wrestle
2Proto-Mon-Khmerkpətto struggle

via Vietnamese đấu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđấuto battle, fight; dipper, ladle, scoop
2Middle Chinese斗—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer kpət →
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