Where does “gấp khúc” come from?

gấp khúc (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese khúc, from Chinese 曲, from Tibetan ཆུ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan tsju — water; liquid; bodily fluid; water, liquid, body...

gấp khúc (Vietnamese): zigzag

Definitions

  1. zigzag

Ancestry of “gấp khúc”, step by step

gấp khúc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese khúc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesekhúcpiece, section, chunk
2Chinese曲—
3Tibetanཆུwater; river
4Proto-Sino-Tibetantsjuwater; liquid; bodily fluid; water, liquid, body...

via Vietnamese gấp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegấppressing; urgent; hurry; to fold; to close; to...
2Proto-Vieticp-kǝp—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan tsju →Every word from Tibetan ཆུ →Every word from Chinese 曲 →