Where does “giành giật” come from?

giành giật (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese giành — to dispute, to fight.

giành giật (Vietnamese): to fight over; to scramble for

Definitions

  1. to fight over; to scramble for

Ancestry of “giành giật”, step by step

giành giật traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese giành

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiànhto dispute, to fight

via Vietnamese giật

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiậtto pull forcibly; to snatch; to abruptly move...
Every word from Vietnamese giành
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