Where does “bắt mạch” come from?

bắt mạch (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mạch, from Chinese 脈.

bắt mạch (Vietnamese): to feel the pulse, to check the pulse

Definitions

  1. to feel the pulse, to check the pulse

Ancestry of “bắt mạch”, step by step

bắt mạch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mạch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemạcha blood vessel; a pulse; a circuit
2Chinese脈—

via Vietnamese bắt

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