Where does “chia cắt” come from?

chia cắt (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cắt, from Vietnamese báo, from Chinese 豹, from Chinese 駁, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *prawk — to be speckled, variegated, spotted.

chia cắt (Vietnamese): to divide; to separate; to split

Definitions

  1. to divide; to separate; to split

Ancestry of “chia cắt”, step by step

chia cắt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese cắt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecắtto cut; to intersect; falcon
2Vietnamesebáoa leopard; a spotted panther; a jaguar or a snow...
3Chinese豹—
4Chinese駁—
5Proto-Sino-Tibetan*prawkto be speckled, variegated, spotted

via Vietnamese chìa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnamesechìaShort for chìa khoá; to extend; to hold out
2Chinese匙spoon
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *prawk →