Where does “chết ngạt” come from?

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

chết ngạt (Vietnamese): to suffocate; to asphyxiate; to be deprived of oxygen

Definitions

  1. to suffocate; to asphyxiate; to be deprived of oxygen

Ancestry of “chết ngạt”, step by step

chết ngạt 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 ngạt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesengạtto suffocate; to asphyxiate; to be deprived of oxygen
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *kceːt →Every word from Proto-Vietic k-ceːt →Every word from Vietnamese chết →