Where does “cấu xé” come from?

cấu xé (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese xế, from French cé, from Spanish éste, from Latin iste, from Latin hāc, from Latin hīc, from Latin heic, from Latin hic — whale, sea monster; abyss.

cấu xé (Vietnamese): to claw and tear

Definitions

  1. to claw and tear

Ancestry of “cấu xé”, step by step

cấu xé traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese xế

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesexếwheeled vehicle; to be sinking; to be on the...
2FrenchThe name of the Latin-script letter C
3Spanishéstethis one
4Latinistethat near you; those in the plural
5Latinhācthis way; these; in this place (or way)
6Latinhīcthis; these in the plural
7Latinheic
8Latinhicthis; these in the plural
9Proto-Italichek(e)
10Proto-Indo-Europeangʰi-ḱethis, here
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
12Middle Englishkyt
13Russianкитwhale; genitive plural of ки́та
14Old Church Slavonicкитъwhale
15Ancient Greekκῆτοςwhale, sea monster; abyss

via Vietnamese cầu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecầua jianzi shuttlecock; a badminton shuttlecock;...
2Proto-Vietickaw
3Dutchkauwento chew
4Middle Dutchcouwento chew
5Old Dutchkiuwanto chew
6Proto-West Germanickeuwanto chew
7Proto-Germanickewwanąto chew
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵyewh₁-to chew
Every word from Ancient Greek κῆτοςEvery word from Old Church Slavonic китъEvery word from Russian кит