Where does “dằn vặt” come from?

dằn vặt (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Indo-European dan-.

dằn vặt (Vietnamese): to torment; to harrow; to be distressed

Definitions

  1. to torment; to harrow; to be distressed

Ancestry of “dằn vặt”, step by step

dằn vặt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European dan-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeandan-—

via Vietnamese vặt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevặtinsignificant
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dan- →