Where does “chết ngất” come from?

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

chết ngất (Vietnamese): to faint; to black out; to pass out

Definitions

  1. to faint; to black out; to pass out

Ancestry of “chết ngất”, step by step

chết ngất 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 ngất

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesengấtto faint to lose consciousness
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *kceːt →Every word from Proto-Vietic k-ceːt →Every word from Vietnamese chết →