Where does “cắt” come from?
cắt (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese báo, from Chinese 豹, from Chinese 駁, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *prawk.
cắt (Vietnamese): to cut; to intersect; falcon
Definitions
- to cut; to intersect; falcon
Ancestry of “cắt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | báo | a leopard; a spotted panther; a jaguar or a snow... |
| 2 | Chinese | 豹 | — |
| 3 | Chinese | 駁 | — |
| 4 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | *prawk | — |