Where does “chết não” come from?

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

chết não (Vietnamese): brain death

Definitions

  1. brain death

Ancestry of “chết não”, step by step

chết não 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 não

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenãobrain, cerebrum
2Chinese腦—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetans-nəw-kbrain
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *kceːt →