Where does “cắt đứt” come from?

cắt đứt (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 đứt (Vietnamese): to sever; to break off

Definitions

  1. to sever; to break off

Ancestry of “cắt đứt”, step by step

cắt đứt 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 đứt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđứtto break off, to be cut off; be cut off
2Proto-Mon-Khmert₁acto break, be severed; to sell
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *prawk →Every word from Chinese 駁 →Every word from Chinese 豹 →