Where does “bắt đền” come from?

bắt đền (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đền, from Middle Chinese 填.

bắt đền (Vietnamese): to demand compensation; to claim damages

Definitions

  1. to demand compensation; to claim damages

Ancestry of “bắt đền”, step by step

bắt đền traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đền

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđềntemple; to compensate; to make up
2Middle Chinese填—

via Vietnamese bắt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebắtto seize; to catch
2Proto-Vietic*pəc—
Every word from Middle Chinese 填 →