Where does “kiện cáo” come from?

kiện cáo (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cáo, from Chinese 告, from Middle Chinese 校.

kiện cáo (Vietnamese): to sue; to bring legal action (against)

Definitions

  1. to sue; to bring legal action (against)

Ancestry of “kiện cáo”, step by step

kiện cáo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese cáo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecáoa fox; royal edict-like announcement
2Chinese告—
3Middle Chinese校—

via Vietnamese kiện

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesekiệnbale; parcel; package; to sue; to bring legal...
2Chinese件—
Every word from Middle Chinese 校 →Every word from Chinese 告 →Every word from Vietnamese cáo →