Where does “đếm xỉa” come from?

đếm xỉa (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đếm, from Old Chinese 點.

đếm xỉa (Vietnamese): to pay heed to; to take something into account

Definitions

  1. to pay heed to; to take something into account

Ancestry of “đếm xỉa”, step by step

đếm xỉa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đếm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđếmto count (one by one); to number; to enumerate
2Old Chinese點—

via Vietnamese xỉa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesexỉato pick (one's teeth); to jab
2Proto-Vietictʃɛh—
Every word from Old Chinese 點 →Every word from Vietnamese đếm →