Where does “chết ngắt” come from?

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

chết ngắt (Vietnamese): to be as dead as it gets

Definitions

  1. to be as dead as it gets

Ancestry of “chết ngắt”, step by step

chết ngắt 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 ngắt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesengắtto pick
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *kceːt →Every word from Proto-Vietic k-ceːt →Every word from Vietnamese chết →