Where does “chặt đầu” come from?

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

chặt đầu (Vietnamese): to behead; to decapitate

Definitions

  1. to behead; to decapitate

Ancestry of “chặt đầu”, step by step

chặt đầu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đầu

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

via Vietnamese chặt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechặttight; to cut, to fell, to chop
Every word from Middle Chinese 頭 →Every word from Vietnamese đầu →