Where does “giết mổ” come from?

giết mổ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mở, from Thai หมอ, from Proto-Southwestern Tai ʰmɔːᴬ, from Proto-Tai ʰmoːᴬ, from Old Chinese 巫.

giết mổ (Vietnamese): to slaughter (livestock for food) generally speaking

Definitions

  1. to slaughter (livestock for food) generally speaking

Ancestry of “giết mổ”, step by step

giết mổ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mở

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemởto open, be open; to unfold, expand, open up; to...
2Thaiหมอexpert; wizard; fortuneteller; clairvoyant;...
3Proto-Southwestern Taiʰmɔːᴬshaman
4Proto-Taiʰmoːᴬshaman
5Old Chinese巫—

via Vietnamese giết

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiếtto kill, murder; to slaughter; to butcher
2Proto-Vietick-ə-ceːt—
3Proto-Vietick-ceːtto die
4Proto-Austroasiatic*kceːtto die
Every word from Old Chinese 巫 →Every word from Proto-Tai ʰmoːᴬ →Every word from Proto-Southwestern Tai ʰmɔːᴬ →