Where does “cụt hứng” come from?

cụt hứng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cụt, from Proto-Mon-Khmer sguut.

cụt hứng (Vietnamese): uninterested; dismayed; downhearted

Definitions

  1. uninterested; dismayed; downhearted

Ancestry of “cụt hứng”, step by step

cụt hứng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese cụt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecụtcut off; shortened; being a frustum
2Proto-Mon-Khmersguut—

via Vietnamese hứng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehứnginspiration, interest; to catch a falling object
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer sguut →Every word from Vietnamese cụt →