Where does “bắt chuyện” come from?

bắt chuyện (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese chuyện, from Chinese 傳, from Chinese 傅.

bắt chuyện (Vietnamese): to initiate a conversation

Definitions

  1. to initiate a conversation

Ancestry of “bắt chuyện”, step by step

bắt chuyện traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese chuyện

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechuyệna story, a tale, or an anecdote; matters;...
2Chinese傳—
3Chinese傅—

via Vietnamese bắt

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