Where does “chết hụt” come from?

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

chết hụt (Vietnamese): to cheat death; to escape narrowly; to elude misfortune (against all odds)

Definitions

  1. to cheat death; to escape narrowly; to elude misfortune (against all odds)

Ancestry of “chết hụt”, step by step

chết hụt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese chết

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

via Proto-Germanic hūt-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichūt-to be naughty, be impudent
2Proto-Indo-Europeankūd-to mock
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *kceːt →Every word from Proto-Vietic k-ceːt →Every word from Vietnamese chết →