Where does “sát gái” come from?

sát gái (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese sát, from Chinese 殺, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g/b-sat.

sát gái (Vietnamese): ladykilling

Definitions

  1. ladykilling

Ancestry of “sát gái”, step by step

sát gái traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese sát

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesátto kill; very close to; adjacent; adjoining
2Chinese殺—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*g/b-sat—

via Vietnamese gái

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegáigirls and women; whores; female
2Proto-Vietict-keːthorn
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g/b-sat →Every word from Chinese 殺 →Every word from Vietnamese sát →
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