Where does “giết chết” come from?

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

giết chết (Vietnamese): to kill; to murder; to slaughter

Definitions

  1. to kill; to murder; to slaughter

Ancestry of “giết chết”, step by step

giết chết traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese giết

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiếtto kill, murder; to slaughter; to butcher
2Proto-Vietick-ə-ceːt—
3Proto-Vietick-ceːtto die
4Proto-Austroasiatic*kceːtto die

via Vietnamese chết

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechếtto die; dead
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *kceːt →Every word from Proto-Vietic k-ceːt →Every word from Proto-Vietic k-ə-ceːt →