Where does “chém đầu” come from?

chém đầu (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đầu, from Middle Chinese 頭.

chém đầu (Vietnamese): to behead; to decapitate

Definitions

  1. to behead; to decapitate

Ancestry of “chém đầu”, step by step

chém đầu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đầu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđầuhead; tip; end; beginning; commencement; start
2Middle Chinese頭—

via Vietnamese chém

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechémto slash; to chop; to cut; to behead; to rip off;...
2Chinese斬—
Every word from Middle Chinese 頭 →Every word from Vietnamese đầu →