Where does “chết đói” come from?

chết đói (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese chết, from Proto-Vietic k-ceːt, from Proto-Austroasiatic *kceːt — to die.

chết đói (Vietnamese): to starve (to death)

Definitions

  1. to starve (to death)

Ancestry of “chết đói”, step by step

chết đói traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese chết

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechếtto die; dead
2Proto-Vietick-ceːtto die
3Proto-Austroasiatic*kceːtto die

via Vietnamese đói

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđóihungry (desirous of food)
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *kceːt →Every word from Proto-Vietic k-ceːt →Every word from Vietnamese chết →
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