Where does “cắt xén” come from?
cắt xén (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 xén (Vietnamese): to truncate; to trim; to prune
Definitions
- to truncate; to trim; to prune
Ancestry of “cắt xén”, step by step
cắt xén 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 xen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | xen | to edge oneself; to insert; to come between; to... |