Where does “bám sát” come from?

bám sát (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese sát, from Chinese 殺, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g/b-sat.

bám sát (Vietnamese): to follow closely

Definitions

  1. to follow closely

Ancestry of “bám sát”, step by step

bám sát traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese sát

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesátto kill; very close to; adjacent; adjoining
2Chinese殺—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*g/b-sat—

via Vietnamese bám

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebámto cling to, to adhere to, to stick to
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g/b-sat →Every word from Chinese 殺 →Every word from Vietnamese sát →