Where does “chép miệng” come from?

chép miệng (Vietnamese) comes from Middle English chep, from Old English cēap, from Proto-Germanic kaupōną, from Proto-Germanic kaupô, from Latin caupo, from Proto-Indo-European kaup-.

chép miệng (Vietnamese): to tsk tsk; to click the tongue; to tut tut

Definitions

  1. to tsk tsk; to click the tongue; to tut tut

Ancestry of “chép miệng”, step by step

chép miệng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English chep

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishchep—
2Old Englishcēapcattle, purchase, sale, traffic, business,...
3Proto-Germanickaupōnąto buy; trade
4Proto-Germanickaupôinnkeeper; merchant
5LatincaupoTradesman; Innkeeper, shopkeeper
6Proto-Indo-Europeankaup-—

via Vietnamese miệng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemiệnga mouth; a member of a family
2Proto-Vietic-mɛːŋʔmouth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kaup- →Every word from Latin caupo →Every word from Proto-Germanic kaupô →