Where does “ngắt lời” come from?

ngắt lời (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese lời, from Middle Chinese 利.

ngắt lời (Vietnamese): to interrupt (someone speaking)

Definitions

  1. to interrupt (someone speaking)

Ancestry of “ngắt lời”, step by step

ngắt lời traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese lời

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselờiword; utterances; words; lyrics; a verse
2Middle Chinese利—

via Vietnamese ngắt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesengắtto pick
Every word from Middle Chinese 利 →Every word from Vietnamese lời →