Where does “chia tách” come from?

chia tách (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tách, from French tasse, from Middle French tasse, from Arabic طَاس, from Persian تست, from English Test, from German testen, from German Test — to stand.

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

Definitions

  1. to divide; to separate; to split

Ancestry of “chia tách”, step by step

chia tách traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tách

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetáchcup; to separate, to split; to snap, to pop
2Frenchtassecup; cupful
3Middle Frenchtasse
4Arabicطَاسbowl, basin; bowl, cup
5Persianتستtest
6EnglishTesta Test match
7Germantestento test
8GermanTesttest; melting pot
9EnglishtestA challenge, trial; A cupel or cupelling hearth...
10Middle Englishteste
11Old Frenchtestehead
12Latintestiswitness; one who testifies or attests; testicle
13Latinterstis
14Latintrīstissad, unhappy, melancholy, morose
15Proto-Indo-Europeantristh₂sa third party standing, after the two parties to...
16Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-to stand

via Vietnamese chìa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnamesechìaShort for chìa khoá; to extend; to hold out
2Chinesespoon
Every word from Proto-Indo-European steh₂-