Where does “bò sát” come from?

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

bò sát (Vietnamese): a reptile

Definitions

  1. a reptile

Ancestry of “bò sát”, step by step

bò 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 bò

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebòa Southern Yellow zebu, as opposed to a trâu; a...
2Proto-Vieticbɔːbovine
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g/b-sat →Every word from Chinese 殺 →Every word from Vietnamese sát →