Where does “đặt chân” come from?

đặt chân (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đặt, from Proto-Vietic dac ~ tac.

đặt chân (Vietnamese): to set foot

Definitions

  1. to set foot

Ancestry of “đặt chân”, step by step

đặt chân traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đặt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđặtto place; to put; to lay; to commission; to order
2Proto-Vieticdac ~ tac

via Vietnamese chân

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechâna foot; a leg; the lowest circumscribing area
Every word from Proto-Vietic dac ~ tac