Where does “lôi kéo” come from?

lôi kéo (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese kéo, from English Joe, from English joseph, from Hebrew יוֹסֵף — shall add.

lôi kéo (Vietnamese): to draw (people) into; to pull into; to drag into; to manipulate

Definitions

  1. to draw (people) into; to pull into; to drag into; to manipulate

Ancestry of “lôi kéo”, step by step

lôi kéo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese kéo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesekéoto pull; scissors
2EnglishJoeA male; a guy; a fellow
3EnglishjosephA woman's riding habit worn in the 18th century...
4Hebrewיוֹסֵףshall add

via Vietnamese lôi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselôito pull; to drag
Every word from Hebrew יוֹסֵף →Every word from English joseph →Every word from English Joe →