Where does “cất giữ” come from?

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

cất giữ (Vietnamese): to store and keep away from damage

Definitions

  1. to store and keep away from damage

Ancestry of “cất giữ”, step by step

cất 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 cất

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecấtto lift, to raise
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