Where does “giảm bớt” come from?

giảm bớt (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese bớt, from Proto-Vietic pǝːc.

giảm bớt (Vietnamese): to reduce; to decrease

Definitions

  1. to reduce; to decrease

Ancestry of “giảm bớt”, step by step

giảm bớt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese bớt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebớtbirthmark; to diminish, to cut down, to decrease,...
2Proto-Vieticpǝːc—

via Vietnamese giảm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiảmlessen, reduce, decrease
2Proto-Vietic-jəmʔ—
Every word from Proto-Vietic pǝːc →Every word from Vietnamese bớt →
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