Where does “giết người” come from?

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

giết người (Vietnamese): murder

Definitions

  1. murder

Ancestry of “giết người”, step by step

giết người 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 Người

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseNgườiYou/Thou/Thee, Jesus Christ; You/Thou/Thee, my...
2Proto-Vieticŋaːj—
3Proto-Mon-Khmer(m)ŋaajperson, human being; human being; person
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *kceːt →Every word from Proto-Vietic k-ceːt →Every word from Proto-Vietic k-ə-ceːt →