Where does “nai nịt” come from?

nai nịt (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese nai, from Proto-Vietic k-ɗeː — sambar deer.

nai nịt (Vietnamese): to tighten and strap (one's clothes or one's belongings)

Definitions

  1. to tighten and strap (one's clothes or one's belongings)

Ancestry of “nai nịt”, step by step

nai nịt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese nai

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenaia sambar deer; any species of deer; innocent;...
2Proto-Vietick-ɗeːsambar deer

via Vietnamese nịt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenịtto belt (one's belly); to fit tightly
2Vietnameserịt‘to fasten; to tie’
Every word from Proto-Vietic k-ɗeː →Every word from Vietnamese nai →