Where does “chạm khắc” come from?

chạm khắc (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese khắc, from Chinese 刻.

chạm khắc (Vietnamese): to carve, to sculpt

Definitions

  1. to carve, to sculpt

Ancestry of “chạm khắc”, step by step

chạm khắc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese khắc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesekhắcto carve, to engrave
2Chinese刻—

via Vietnamese chạm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechạmto touch; to make physical contact
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