Where does “quặn thắt” come from?

quặn thắt (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese quân, from Proto-Mon-Khmer wən(ʔ) — coiled, to wind, bend; coiled; to wind, bend.

quặn thắt (Vietnamese): to be clenched or cramped with pain

Definitions

  1. to be clenched or cramped with pain

Ancestry of “quặn thắt”, step by step

quặn thắt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese quân

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesequântroops, army
2Proto-Mon-Khmerwən(ʔ)coiled, to wind, bend; coiled; to wind, bend

via Vietnamese thắt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethắtto tighten or fasten by knotting or anchoring a string, rope, belt or noose
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer wən(ʔ) →