Where does “giết” come from?

giết (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Vietic k-ə-ceːt, from Proto-Vietic k-ceːt, from Proto-Austroasiatic *kceːt — to die.

giết (Vietnamese): to kill, murder; to slaughter; to butcher

Definitions

  1. to kill, murder; to slaughter; to butcher

Ancestry of “giết”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vietick-ə-ceːt—
2Proto-Vietick-ceːtto die
3Proto-Austroasiatic*kceːtto die

Words derived from “giết”

Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *kceːt →Every word from Proto-Vietic k-ceːt →Every word from Proto-Vietic k-ə-ceːt →