Where does “nhảy xa” come from?

nhảy xa (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese xã, from Japanese 捨.

nhảy xa (Vietnamese): the long jump; an athletics field event where competitors attempt to jump as far as possible, after taking a run-up

Definitions

  1. the long jump; an athletics field event where competitors attempt to jump as far as possible, after taking a run-up

Ancestry of “nhảy xa”, step by step

nhảy xa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese xã

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnamesexãBasic rural administrative unit in Vietnam, part...
2Japanese捨—

via Vietnamese nhảy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenhảyto jump, to leap, to dive; to hop; to dance
2Proto-Vieticʄas—
Every word from Japanese 捨 →