Where does “hành xác” come from?

hành xác (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese hành, from Vietnamese hành hạ, from Middle Chinese 行.

hành xác (Vietnamese): to exert an undue burden

Definitions

  1. to exert an undue burden

Ancestry of “hành xác”, step by step

hành xác traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese hành

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehànhscallion, spring onion; onion; Short for hành tây
2Vietnamesehành hạto cause serious injury or misery to someone; to harass, to torment
3Middle Chinese行—

via Vietnamese xác

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesexáccorpse; body
2Middle Vietnamesexác—
Every word from Middle Chinese 行 →Every word from Vietnamese hành hạ →Every word from Vietnamese hành →