Where does “chiếm đóng” come from?

chiếm đóng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đồng, from Vietnamese đất, from Proto-Vietic tət.

chiếm đóng (Vietnamese): to occupy; to capture; to take and hold (with troops)

Definitions

  1. to occupy; to capture; to take and hold (with troops)

Ancestry of “chiếm đóng”, step by step

chiếm đóng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đồng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđồngfield; medium; sorcerer; copper
2Vietnameseđấtearth; soil; dirt; land
3Proto-Vietictət—

via Vietnamese chiếm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechiếmto occupy
Every word from Proto-Vietic tət →Every word from Vietnamese đất →Every word from Vietnamese đồng →
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