Where does “ghi chép” come from?

ghi chép (Vietnamese) comes from Middle English chep, from Old English cēap, from Proto-Germanic kaupōną, from Proto-Germanic kaupô, from Latin caupo, from Proto-Indo-European kaup-.

ghi chép (Vietnamese): to take notes; to transcribe; to notate

Definitions

  1. to take notes; to transcribe; to notate

Ancestry of “ghi chép”, step by step

ghi chép traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English chep

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishchep—
2Old Englishcēapcattle, purchase, sale, traffic, business,...
3Proto-Germanickaupōnąto buy; trade
4Proto-Germanickaupôinnkeeper; merchant
5LatincaupoTradesman; Innkeeper, shopkeeper
6Proto-Indo-Europeankaup-—

via Vietnamese ghì

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseghìto hold tightly, to tightly embrace
2Frenchgrisgrey, gray; drunk, tipsy; gray
3Old Occitangris—
4Frankishgrīsgrey
5Proto-Germanicgrīsazgrey; terrible; frightening
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kaup- →Every word from Latin caupo →Every word from Proto-Germanic kaupô →