Where does “cuốn hút” come from?

cuốn hút (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese hút, from Proto-Mon-Khmer hut.

cuốn hút (Vietnamese): to attract; to absorb; to draw (people) into; to fascinate

Definitions

  1. to attract; to absorb; to draw (people) into; to fascinate

Ancestry of “cuốn hút”, step by step

cuốn hút traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese hút

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehútto absorb, to suck; to smoke; to attract
2Proto-Mon-Khmerhut—

via Vietnamese cuốn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecuốnto roll
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer hut →Every word from Vietnamese hút →