Where does “bắt giữ” come from?

bắt giữ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese giữ, from Proto-Vietic k-cɨh.

bắt giữ (Vietnamese): to arrest

Definitions

  1. to arrest

Ancestry of “bắt giữ”, step by step

bắt giữ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese giữ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiữto keep, to hold and maintain as one's own; to...
2Proto-Vietick-cɨh—

via Vietnamese bắt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebắtto seize; to catch
2Proto-Vietic*pəc—
Every word from Proto-Vietic k-cɨh →Every word from Vietnamese giữ →