Where does “bao trùm” come from?

bao trùm (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese báo, from Chinese 豹, from Chinese 駁, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *prawk — to be speckled, variegated, spotted.

bao trùm (Vietnamese): to enclose and cover the whole of a certain area

Definitions

  1. to enclose and cover the whole of a certain area

Ancestry of “bao trùm”, step by step

bao trùm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese báo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebáoa leopard; a spotted panther; a jaguar or a snow...
2Chinese豹—
3Chinese駁—
4Proto-Sino-Tibetan*prawkto be speckled, variegated, spotted

via Old French trum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtrum—
2Proto-Celtictrummosheavy
3Proto-Indo-Europeantrewd-to push, to thrust
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *prawk →Every word from Chinese 駁 →Every word from Chinese 豹 →