Where does “chém giết” come from?

chém giết (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese giết, from Proto-Vietic k-ə-ceːt, from Proto-Vietic k-ceːt, from Proto-Austroasiatic *kceːt — to die.

chém giết (Vietnamese): to slaughter; to massacre; to murder recklessly

Definitions

  1. to slaughter; to massacre; to murder recklessly

Ancestry of “chém giết”, step by step

chém giết traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese giết

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiếtto kill, murder; to slaughter; to butcher
2Proto-Vietick-ə-ceːt—
3Proto-Vietick-ceːtto die
4Proto-Austroasiatic*kceːtto die

via Vietnamese chém

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechémto slash; to chop; to cut; to behead; to rip off;...
2Chinese斬—
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *kceːt →Every word from Proto-Vietic k-ceːt →Every word from Proto-Vietic k-ə-ceːt →