Where does “chiếm giữ” come from?

chiếm giữ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese giữ, from Proto-Vietic k-cɨh.

chiếm giữ (Vietnamese): to appropriate; to withhold; to seize (wrongfully)

Definitions

  1. to appropriate; to withhold; to seize (wrongfully)

Ancestry of “chiếm giữ”, step by step

chiếm giữ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese giữ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiữto keep, to hold and maintain as one's own; to...
2Proto-Vietick-cɨh—

via Vietnamese chiếm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechiếmto occupy
Every word from Proto-Vietic k-cɨh →Every word from Vietnamese giữ →