Where does “bêu đầu” come from?

bêu đầu (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đầu, from Middle Chinese 頭.

bêu đầu (Vietnamese): to put a human head on display, usually by hanging

Definitions

  1. to put a human head on display, usually by hanging

Ancestry of “bêu đầu”, step by step

bêu đầu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đầu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđầuhead; tip; end; beginning; commencement; start
2Middle Chinese頭—

via Proto-Indo-European beu-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanbeu-to blow, swell
Every word from Middle Chinese 頭 →Every word from Vietnamese đầu →