Where does “cắt dán” come from?
cắt dán (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 dán (Vietnamese): a cut-and-paste collage
Definitions
- a cut-and-paste collage
Ancestry of “cắt dán”, step by step
cắt dán traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese cắt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | cắt | to cut; to intersect; falcon |
| 2 | Vietnamese | báo | a leopard; a spotted panther; a jaguar or a snow... |
| 3 | Chinese | 豹 | — |
| 4 | Chinese | 駁 | — |
| 5 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | *prawk | to be speckled, variegated, spotted |
via Vietnamese dán
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | dán | to paste, to glue |