Where does “chết tiệt” come from?

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

chết tiệt (Vietnamese): damn; fucking; shit (for expressing hatred and frustration)

Definitions

  1. damn; fucking; shit (for expressing hatred and frustration)

Ancestry of “chết tiệt”, step by step

chết tiệt 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 tiệt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetiệtfinished; depleted; exhausted
2Middle Chinese截—
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *kceːt →Every word from Proto-Vietic k-ceːt →Every word from Vietnamese chết →