Where does “chống chọi” come from?

chống chọi (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese chống, from Proto-Vietic coːŋʔ.

chống chọi (Vietnamese): to struggle (against); to resist; to withstand (especially something daunting)

Definitions

  1. to struggle (against); to resist; to withstand (especially something daunting)

Ancestry of “chống chọi”, step by step

chống chọi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese chống

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechốngto prop by using a stick-like object; to be...
2Proto-Vieticcoːŋʔ

via Vietnamese chọi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechọito face off (with); to be versus (against)
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