Where does “hao hụt” come from?

hao hụt (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese hào, from Middle Chinese 壕.

hao hụt (Vietnamese): to lose; to suffer losses

Definitions

  1. to lose; to suffer losses

Ancestry of “hao hụt”, step by step

hao hụt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese hào

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehàohao, one tenth of đồng; great; extraordinary
2Middle Chinese壕—

via Proto-Germanic hūt-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichūt-to be naughty, be impudent
2Proto-Indo-Europeankūd-to mock
Every word from Middle Chinese 壕 →Every word from Vietnamese hào →