Where does “dẫn dắt” come from?

dẫn dắt (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese dẫn, from Middle Chinese 引.

dẫn dắt (Vietnamese): to lead; to guide

Definitions

  1. to lead; to guide

Ancestry of “dẫn dắt”, step by step

dẫn dắt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese dẫn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesedẫnto lead, to guide; to quote, to cite
2Middle Chinese引—

via Vietnamese dắt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesedắtto lead
2Proto-Vietic-tac—
Every word from Middle Chinese 引 →Every word from Vietnamese dẫn →