Where does “bắt tai” come from?

bắt tai (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tại, from Chinese 在.

bắt tai (Vietnamese): catchy

Definitions

  1. catchy

Ancestry of “bắt tai”, step by step

bắt tai traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tại

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetạiat; in; on; because of; due to; because
2Chinese在—

via Vietnamese bắt

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