Where does “cắt đặt” come from?

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

cắt đặt (Vietnamese): to assign; appoint; employ

Definitions

  1. to assign; appoint; employ

Ancestry of “cắt đặt”, step by step

cắt đặt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese cắt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecắtto cut; to intersect; falcon
2Vietnamesebáoa leopard; a spotted panther; a jaguar or a snow...
3Chinese豹—
4Chinese駁—
5Proto-Sino-Tibetan*prawkto be speckled, variegated, spotted

via Vietnamese đặt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđặtto place; to put; to lay; to commission; to order
2Proto-Vieticdac ~ tac—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *prawk →