Where does “bắt chợt” come from?

bắt chợt (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese bắt, from Proto-Vietic *pəc.

bắt chợt (Vietnamese): to discover unexpectedly; to notice suddenly; to catch (an occurrence)

Definitions

  1. to discover unexpectedly; to notice suddenly; to catch (an occurrence)

Ancestry of “bắt chợt”, step by step

bắt chợt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese bắt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebắtto seize; to catch
2Proto-Vietic*pəc

via Vietnamese chợt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechợtsuddenly
Every word from Proto-Vietic *pəc