Where does “gắn kết” come from?

gắn kết (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese gần, from Proto-Vietic t-kaːn, from Old Chinese 肝.

gắn kết (Vietnamese): to attach; to mount; to connect

Definitions

  1. to attach; to mount; to connect

Ancestry of “gắn kết”, step by step

gắn kết traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese gần

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegầnnear; nearby; close; nearly; almost
2Proto-Vietict-kaːn—
3Old Chinese肝—

via Vietnamese kết

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesekếtto plait, to tie in knots; to have a crush on...
2Middle Chinese結—
Every word from Old Chinese 肝 →Every word from Proto-Vietic t-kaːn →Every word from Vietnamese gần →